For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
Verse 2. For in this. In this tent, tabernacle, or dwelling. In our body here. We groan. . The sense is, that we are subjected to so many trials and afflictions in the present body; that the body is subjected to so many pains, and to so much suffering, as to make us earnestly desire to be invested with that body which shall be free from all susceptibility to suffering.
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: (a) He calls the glory of immortality, which we will be as it were clothed with, a garment. (b) Heavenly, not that the substance of it is heavenly, but rather the glory of it.
For in this we groan earnestly,.... Meaning either for this happiness we groan, or rather in this tabernacle we groan. These words are a reason of the former, proving that the saints have a building of God; and they know they have it, because they groan after it here; for the groanings of the saints are under the influence and direction of the Spirit of...