For in this i.e. this tabernacle.

we groan Cf. Romans 8:23.

to be clothed upon i.e. to put on in addition. See 1 Corinthians 15:53. "The flesh will not be annihilated, but spiritualized, glorified and beautified, as the human body of Christ was at the Transfiguration." St Jerome, cited by Bp Wordsworth. The Greek for the -fisher's coat" spoken of in John 21:7 is, as Dean Stanley reminds us, derived from the word used here.

with our house Rather, dwelling-place. The word house (οἰκία) is more absolute, dwelling-place (οἰκητήριον) has reference to the inhabitant. Bengel.

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