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Our Eternal Dwelling

2 Corinthians 5:3

In 9 translations

BSB
because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
KJV
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
WEB
if indeed being clothed, we will not be found naked.
ASV
if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
LSV
if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we will not be found naked,
YLT
if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we shall not be found naked,
DBY
if indeed being also clothed we shall not be found naked.
DRC
Yet so that we be found clothed, not naked.
GNV
Because that if we be clothed, we shall not be found naked.

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Where the editions differ

Editions are published forms of the Hebrew and Greek texts. Meet the editions and sources →

  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γε (“even”); Tregelles read περ (“if indeed”).
  • NA28, NA27 read ἐκδυσάμενοι (“having put off”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐνδυσάμενοι (“having put on”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus place εἴ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of γε: Textus Receptus: εἴγε.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: εἴ γε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read εἴ γε; Tregelles read εἴ περ.
  • SBLGNT: ἐνδυσάμενοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐνδυσάμενοι; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐκδυσάμενοι.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἴ γε καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα.
RP2018
εἴγε καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα.
TR-Boyd
εἴγε καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα.
SCR1894
ειγε και ενδυσαμενοι ου γυμνοι ευρεθησομεθα

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 3:7–11And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in…
  • Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
  • Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
  • Exodus 32:25Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.

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