2 Corinthians 5:1-7

Noyes(i) 1 For we know that, if our earthly tenthabitation be destroyed, we have a building provided by God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens. 2 For while in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven; 3 since, indeed, when we have put off our present garment, we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not desire to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now he that hath prepared us for this very thing is God; who also gave to us the Spirit as the pledge. 6 We have courage, therefore, always, and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage,