NET Bible
"Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment."
— 2 Corinthians 5:5, NET Bible
“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 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.”
For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,
if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.
For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord–
for we live by faith, not by sight.
Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.