Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians John Calvin
Chapter
2 Corinthians 5:1-8
2 Corinthians 5:1-8 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.
1. Scimus enim, quod, si terrenum nostrum domicilium destruatur, aedificationem ex Deo habemus, domum non manufactam, aeternam in coelis.
2. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
2. Etenim in hoc gemimus, domicilium nostrum quod est e coelo, superinduere desiderantes:
3. If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 3. Siquidem etiam vestiti, non nudi reperiamur. 1399
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.
4. Etenim dum sumus in tabernaculo, gemimus gravati; eo quod non exui volumus, 1400 sed superindui, ut destruatur, quod mortale est, a vita.
5. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
5. Qui autem aptavit nos ad hoc ipsum, Deus est: qui etiam dedit nobis arrhabonem Spiritus.
6. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
6. Confidimus ergo semper, et scimus, quod habitantes in corpore, peregrinamur a Domino.
7. (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 7. Per fidem enim ambulamus, et non per aspectum.
1399"Si toutesfois nons sommes trouuez aussi vestus, et non point nuds, ou, Si toutesfois nous sommes trouuez vestus, ou, Veu qu' aussi nous serons trouuez, etc., ou, Veu que mesmes apres auoir este despouillez, nous ne serons trouuez nuds;" — "If, nevertheless, we are found also clothed, and not naked — or, If, nevertheless, we are found clothed — or, Since we shall also be found, etc., or, Since even after having been stript, we shall not be found naked."
1400"Pource que nous desirons, ou, en laquelle nous desirons;" — "Because we desire, or, in which we desire."