2 Corinthians 5:4-5

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, ¹  since we are weighed down, ²  because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5:5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose ³  is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. ⁴ 

[5:4]  ¹ sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

[5:4]  ² tn Or “we are burdened.”

[5:5]  ³ tn Grk “for this very thing.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit” (see the note on the phrase “down payment” in 1:22).