2 Corinthians 5:3

If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
If	εἴγε eíge	G1489	if indeed
that	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
clothed	ἐνδύω endýō	G1746	to invest with clothing (literally or figuratively)
shall	εὑρεθησόμεθα. heurethēsometha	G2147	to find (literally or figuratively) · verb — future passive indicative, 1st person plural
not	οὐ ou	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
found	εὑρίσκω heurískō	G2147	to find (literally or figuratively)
naked	γυμνοὶ gumnoi	G1131	nude (absolute or relative · adjective — nominative plural masculine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 3:7-11 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the s…
Exodus 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:1-11

The apostle in these verses pursues the argument of the former chapter, concerning the grounds of their courage and patience under afflictions. And, I. He mentions their expectation, and desire, and assurance, of eternal happiness after death, Co2 5:1-5. Observe particularly, 1. The believer's expectation of eternal happiness after death, Co2 5:1. He does not only know, or is well assured by faith of the truth and reality of the thing itself - that there is another and a happy life after this present life is ended, but he has good hope through grace of his interest in that everlasting blessedness of the unseen world: "We know that we have a building of God, we have a firm and well-grounded e…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 5:3

If so be, &c.--Our "desire" holds good, should the Lord's coming find us alive. Translate, "If so be that having ourselves clothed (with our natural body, compare Co2 5:4) we shall not be found naked (stripped of our present body)."

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 5:3

If so be that being clothed - That is, fully prepared in this life for the glory of God; We shall not be found naked - Destitute in that future state of that Divine image which shall render us capable of enjoying an endless glory.

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 5:3

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 di…

The Church Fathers

Everyone, righteous and unrighteous alike, will put on immortality. But if the latter are consigned to hell, that is the same thing as being found naked.
— Severian of Gabala, PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

The unbeliever and the evil man, even if by chance he puts on a heavenly body, will still be found naked, because he has done nothing to acquire the clothing of the inner man.
— Didymus the Blind, PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH

People are earnest in their prayers that they should not be excluded from the glory which is promised. This is what being found naked means. For when the soul is clothed in a body, it must also be clothed with the glory by which it is transformed into brightness.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

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Dictionary and topics

Death — May be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Scripture: (1.) “The dust shall return to the earth as it was” (Eccl. 12:7). (2.) “Thou takest away…
Immortality — Perpetuity of existence. The doctrine of immortality is taught in the Old Testament. It is plainly implied in the writings of Moses (Gen. 5:22, 24; 25:8; 37:35; 47:9; 49:29, comp. Heb. 11:13-16; Ex.…
Man — (1.) Heb. ‘Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The name is derived from a word meaning “to be red,” and thus the first man was called Adam because he was formed from the red earth. It is…
Wisdom, The, Of Solomon — a, book of the Apocrypha, may be divided into two parts, the first, chs. 1-9, containing the doctrine of wisdom in its moral and intellectual aspects: the second, the doctrine of wisdom as shown in…
Garment · Of righteousness — Of righteousness
Pilgrims And Strangers · As saints they: Long for their pilgrimage to end — As saints they: Long for their pilgrimage to end
Resurrection · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Corinthians 5:3

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 5:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 5:3

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 5:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Corinthians 5:3

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 5:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 5:3

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 5:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 2 Corinthians 5:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:2