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2Co 5:2. Ἐν τούτῳ, in this) The same phrase occurs, ch. 2Co 8:10, and elsewhere.-στενάζομεν, we groan) The epitasis[25] follows, we do groan being burdened, 2Co 5:4.-οἰκητήριον, a dwelling-place, a domicile) οἰκία, a house, is somewhat more absolute; οἰκητήριον, a domicile, has reference to the inhabitant.-τὸ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ) which is from heaven: ἐξ here signifies origin, as, of the earth, Joh 3:31. Therefore this domicile (abode) is not heaven itself.-ἐπενδύσασθαι, [to have the clothing put upon us] to be clothed upon) It is in the Middle voice: ἔνδυμα, the clothing, viz., the body: hence the expression, being clothed [2Co 5:3], refers to those living in the body; ἐπένδυμα, the clothing upon, refers to the heavenly and glorious habitation, in which even the body, the clothing, will be clothed. As the clothing of grass is its greenness and beauty, Mat 6:30, so the heavenly glory is the domicile and clothing of the whole man, when he enters into heaven.
[25] See App. Strengthening of the words already used by something additional on their repetition.-ED.