2Cor 5:2-3 | RWP | e4.org | To be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven ( το οικητηριον ημων το εξ ουρανου επενδυσασθα ). First aorist middle infinitive of late verb επενδυω , double compound ( επ, εν ) to put upon oneself. Cf. επενδυτης for a fisherman's linen blouse or upper garment ( ). Οικητηριον is old word used here of the spiritual body as the abode of the spirit. It is a mixed metaphor (putting on as garment the dwelling-place).

‏ 2 Corinthians 5:2-3

To be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven ( το οικητηριον ημων το εξ ουρανου επενδυσασθα ). First aorist middle infinitive of late verb επενδυω, double compound ( επ, εν ) to put upon oneself. Cf. επενδυτης for a fisherman's linen blouse or upper garment (Joh 21:7). Οικητηριον is old word used here of the spiritual body as the abode of the spirit. It is a mixed metaphor (putting on as garment the dwelling-place).

Being clothed ( ενδυσαμενο ). First aorist middle participle, having put on the garment.

Naked ( γυμνο ). That is, disembodied spirits, "like the souls in Sheol, without form, and void of all power of activity" (Plummer).