2 Corinthians 5:7 — Meaning and Application

2 Corinthians 5:1

"For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

2 Corinthians 5:2

"For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:"

2 Corinthians 5:3

"If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked."

2 Corinthians 5:4

"For we that are in {this} tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life."

2 Corinthians 5:5

"Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing {is} God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit."

2 Corinthians 5:6

"Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:"