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2 Corinthians 5:3

2 Corinthians 5:3

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

If so be that being clothed,.... This supposition is made with respect to the saints who shall be alive at Christ's second coming, who will not be stripped of their bodies, and so will "not be found naked", or disembodied, and shall have a glory at once put upon them, both soul and body; or these words are an inference from the saints' present clothing, to their future clothing, thus; "seeing we are clothed", have not only put on the new man, and are clothed and adorned with the graces of the Spirit, but are arrayed with the best robe, the wedding garment, the robe of Christ's righteousness,we shall not be found naked; but shall be clothed upon with the heavenly glory, as soon as we are dismissed from hence.

Some read these words as a wish, "O that we were clothed, that we might not be found naked!"

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