“For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:”
Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling — groan (stenazō) expresses the tension between present weakness and future glory. The desire is to be clothed (endysasthai) with the heavenly building, suggesting continuity between earthly embodied self and heavenly resurrection body.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 5:2
“For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven.” What habitation? Tell me. The incorruptible body. And why do we groan now? Because that is far better. And “from heaven” he calls it because of its incorruptibleness. For it is not surely that a body will come down to us from above: but by this expression he signifies the grace which is sent from thence. So far then ought we to be from grieving at these trials which are in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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