Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
this--pointing to his own body and that of those whom he addresses.
put on--as a garment (2 Corinthians 5:2-3).
immortality--Here only, besides 1 Timothy 6:16, the word "immortality" is found. Nowhere is the immortality of the soul, distinct from the body, taught; a notion which many erroneously have derived from heathen philosophers. Scripture does not contemplate the anomalous state brought about by death, as the consummation to be earnestly looked for (2 Corinthians 5:4), but the resurrection.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Luke 24:49
1 Corinthians 15:43
1 Corinthians 15:49
1 Corinthians 15:50
1 Corinthians 15:51
2 Corinthians 5:1
1 Timothy 6:16
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