2 COR 5:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST Whenever we receive our new bodies, they will be like clothes that keep us from being naked.

AICNT if indeed, having {taken it off},[fn] we will not be found naked.

5:3, taken it off: Later manuscripts read “put on it.”

OEB sure that, when we have put it on, we will never be found naked.

WEBBE if indeed being clothed, we will not be found naked.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

LSV if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we will not be found naked,

FBV When we put on this clothing we won't be seen naked.

TCNT [fn]because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

5:3 because when we are clothed, ¦ if indeed, when we are unclothed NA

T4T When God gives us(inc) our new bodies [MET], our spirits will have [LIT, MET] bodies to live in that will last forever.

LEB if indeed, even after we[fn] have taken it off,[fn] we will not be found naked.

5:3 *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have taken off”) which is understood as temporal

5:3 A number of important early manuscripts read “have put it on” here

BBE So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

Moff since I am sure that once so covered I shall not be "naked" at the hour of death.

Wymth if indeed having really put on a robe we shall not be found to be unclothed.

ASV if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

DRA Yet so that we be found clothed, not naked.

YLT if so be that, having clothed ourselves, we shall not be found naked,

Drby if indeed being also clothed we shall not be found naked.

RV if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

SLT If also being even clothed we shall not be found naked.

Wbstr If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

KJB-1769 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

KJB-1611 If so be that being clothed we shal not be found naked.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps So yet, yf that we be founde clothed, and not naked.
(So yet, if that we be found clothed, and not naked.)

Gnva Because that if we be clothed, we shall not be found naked.

Cvdl and longe to be clothed therwith, so yet, yf that we be founde clothed, and not naked.
(and long to be clothed therewith, so yet, if that we be found clothed, and not naked.)

TNT so yet if that we be founde clothed and not naked.
(so yet if that we be found clothed and not naked. )

Wycl and not nakid.
(and not naked.)

Luth So doch, wo wir bekleidet und nicht bloß erfunden werden.
(So though/but, where we/us clothed and not just invented become.)

ClVg si tamen vestiti, non nudi inveniamur.[fn]
(when/but_if nevertheless dressed, not/no nudi let's_find_each_other. )

5.3 Si tamen vestiti gloria promissionis; non nudi. Hoc desiderant sancti, ne resurgentes recepto corpore, nudi, id est alieni a promissa gloria inveniantur. Hoc enim opus est: ut induti corpore, superinduantur gloria, quæ est immutatio in claritate. Gravati eo corpore: quo tamen nolumus mortem nobis tolli, sed superindui, id est a Deo vestiri stola immortalitatis quæ destruat mortalitatem, non ut superveniat.

5.3 When/But_if nevertheless dressed glory of_promise; not/no nudi. This they_desire holy, not resurgentes recepto body, nudi, that it_is strangers from promises glory I_foundantur. This because work/need it_is: as induti body, superinduantur glory, which it_is immutatio in/into/on clarity. Gravati by_him body: where nevertheless nolumus death us tolli, but superindui, that it_is from to_God vestiri robe/gown immortalitatis which destruat mortalitatem, not/no as superveniat.

UGNT εἴ γε καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι, οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα.
(ei ge kai endusamenoi, ou gumnoi heurethaʸsometha.)

SBL-GNT ⸂εἴ γε⸃ καὶ ⸀ἐνδυσάμενοι οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα.
(⸂ei ge⸃ kai ⸀endusamenoi ou gumnoi heurethaʸsometha.)

RP-GNT εἴγε καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα.
(eige kai endusamenoi ou gumnoi heurethaʸsometha.)

TC-GNT εἴγε καὶ [fn]ἐνδυσάμενοι οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα.
(eige kai endusamenoi ou gumnoi heurethaʸsometha. )

5:3 ενδυσαμενοι ¦ εκδυσαμενοι NA

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:1–10: The promise of life in heaven

In this section, Paul explained that after believers die, they will receive a heavenly body (5:1). He used the metaphor of a tent to refer to the earthly body and the metaphor of a building in heaven to refer to the heavenly body. Paul and his coworkers desired that the change would happen (5:2–4). He explained that God had given that desire and that God had also given the Holy Spirit so we can be assured that the promise of a heavenly body will be fulfilled (5:5).

Then Paul wrote that they were confident in their faith (5:6–8) and purposely chose to please God (5:9). He wrote the reason to do so, namely that all believers will be judged and rewarded by God for the things they have done (5:10).

Paul continued to use the pronoun “we” to refer to himself, Timothy, and others who traveled with him telling the good news about Jesus. But in some verses in this section, the pronoun “we” probably includes the believers in Corinth and therefore all believers.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

Our Heavenly Dwelling (NIV)

The mortal body that we have and the eternal body that God has promised

Faith Guides Our Lives (GW)

God has promised a new, eternal body and so we live by faith/believing

The assurance of an eternal body and judgment compels us to please the Lord

5:3a

because when we are clothed,

assuming, of course, that when we^(incl) have put it on,
For when we receive our heavenly bodies and put them on,

because when we are clothed: There is a textual issue here. The Greek NT 4 indicates that there are three different verbs in the various ancient Greek manuscripts here. Two mean “unclothed” and one means “clothed.” The Greek NT 4 indicates a significant degree of doubt as to which is the original verb. Fourteen English versions in Translator’s Workplace follow the Greek verb that means “clothed.” It is recommended that you follow “clothed” here.Of the English versions in Translator’s Workplace, only the NRSV follows “unclothed.” The Greek NT 4 also recommends it. As “unclothed,” the verse would indicate that when we die and lose our earthly body (5:1a), we will not be “naked.” That means we will not exist as spirits only but will inhabit our eternal bodies. The Greek clause is literally “if indeed also we are clothed.” Here the word “if” is used rhetorically. Paul believes we are clothed to be true. Using “if” requires that readers think about what Paul said and agree with him. The word does not express doubt here. Here the word “indeed” emphasizes the meaning of “if.” Other ways to translate this clause are:

if we are indeed assured that we are clothed

because it will clothe us so (NCV)

After we have indeed clothed ourselves with it

when we are clothed: This clause continues the metaphor of wearing a body like clothing from 5:2b. It indicates that the person has already put on the clothes. It implies that the person has not removed the clothes. The clause looks at the time after the longing is fulfilled and the person has been clothed in 5:2b. Other ways to translate this are:

After we have put it on (GW)

being clothed (GNT)

Use the same method to translate this clause that you used in 5:1b or 5:2b. For example:

Translate literally. See the examples above.
Translate it as a simile. For example:
when we become like someone clothed
when we become like someone who put clothing on
Explain the meaning in your translation. For example:
when we are clothed, namely that we have that heavenly body
when we gain that body like putting on heavenly clothing
Translate the meaning without the metaphor. For example:
when we receive it
when we gain that body

5:3b

we will not be found naked.

we will not be naked.
we will not be like someone naked.
we will not be naked, namely without a body.

we will not be found naked: This clause repeats a similar meaning to “we are clothed.” It emphasizes the result of receiving a heavenly body.

This clause is passive. Here the passive probably only indicates being naked. It probably does not indicate someone seeing them naked. In some languages an active clause must be used. If so, translate in a way that only indicates being naked. For example:

we will not be naked

This clause continues the metaphor of a body being like clothing. Use the same method to translate this clause that you used above.

Translate literally. Another example is:
we shall not prove to be naked
Translate it as a simile. For example:
we will not be like someone naked
Explain the meaning in your translation. For example:
we will not be naked, namely, without a heavenly body
we will not be without that body like a naked person
Translate the meaning without the metaphor. For example:
we will not be without a heavenly body
we will not be without that body

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

ἐνδυσάμενοι, οὐ γυμνοὶ εὑρεθησόμεθα

˓having˒_dressed_in (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Εἰ γέ καί ἐνδυσάμενοι οὒ γυμνοί εὑρεθησόμεθα)

Here Paul continues to speak of bodies as if they were clothing. You should express the idea as you did in [5:2](../05/02.md). Alternate translation: [we have a house to live in, we will not be found homeless] or [having a new body that is like clothing, we will not be found naked, that is, without a body]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

εἴ γε & ἐνδυσάμενοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Εἰ γέ καί ἐνδυσάμενοι οὒ γυμνοί εὑρεθησόμεθα)

Here Paul is speaking as if having clothed ourselves were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it will actually be true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might misunderstand and think that what Paul is saying is not certain, then you could express the idea by using a word such as “when” or “whenever.” Alternate translation: [when indeed we have clothed ourselves]

ἐνδυσάμενοι

˓having˒_dressed_in

Paul could mean that: (1) we clothe ourselves. Alternate translation: [we clothe ourselves] (2) God clothes us. Alternate translation: [God clothes us]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐ & εὑρεθησόμεθα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Εἰ γέ καί ἐνδυσάμενοι οὒ γυμνοί εὑρεθησόμεθα)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Paul uses the passive form to focus on the state of being naked rather than on who “finds” them, so you should avoid stating a subject for found. Alternate translation: [we will not be]

Parallel 2 COR 5:3

Section 5:1–10: The promise of life in heaven

5:3a

5:3b

Parallel 2 COR 5:3