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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 2 Corinthians 5:3

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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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)."
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