2 Corinthians 5:3

Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 41

  “…“For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven, if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked;” which means, before we put off the garment of the flesh, we wish to be clothed with the celestial glory of immortality.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 2, 3.

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• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 42

  “In like manner, when he inserts the words “If so be that being unclothed we be not found naked,”—referring, of course, to those who shall not be found in the day of the Lord alive and in the flesh—he did not say that they whom he had just described as…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 3.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.11Book V

  “…follows, when he adds, that “in this tabernacle of our earthly body we do groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with the vesture which is from heaven, if so be, that having been unclothed, we shall not be found naked;” in other words, shall regain that of which we have been divested, even our body.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 2, 3.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 3

  “And whosoever honours the Spirit, and it is guarded in him in purity, in that day the Holy Spirit shall protect him, and he shall become altogether spiritual, and shall not be found naked; as the Apostle said:—And when we shall have clothed ourselves, may we not be found naked.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 3.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 8

  ““If so be that being unclothed, we shall not be found naked.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 3.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 40

  “Of that garment the Apostle speaks, “If so be that we shall be found clothed, and not naked.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 3.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIV.3Book XIV

  “For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up in life.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 1–4.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.21Book IV

  “For we walk by faith, not by sight,” as the apostle says; “and we are willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with God.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. v. 1, 2, 3, 7.

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• 1 Thessalonians 4:15

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 41.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:16

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 41.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:17

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 41.

• Wisdom 9:15

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.3.

• Matthew 5:10

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 41.

• Matthew 5:26

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 42.

• John 14:2

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 41.

• 1 Corinthians 15:51

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 42.

• 1 Corinthians 15:52

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 42.

• 1 Corinthians 15:53

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 42.

• 2 Corinthians 4:16

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.3.