Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit. "
— 2 Corinthians 5:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.”
“Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit. ”
“Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.”
“Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.”
“Now he that maketh us for this very thing is God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit,”
“Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.”
“Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.”
And for this reason also, we groan, desiring to be clothed from above with our habitation from heaven.
If we are so clothed, then we will not be found to be naked.
Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.
Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.
For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.