Note 9 at 2 Cor. 5:4: Living in this mortal flesh is a burden which Paul longed to do away with. However, Paul didn't just want to escape this physical body as some depressed, suicidal person would. The only reason he wanted to leave his mortal body was because of the infinitely greater blessing of his glorified body. That's what is meant by this phrase, "not for that we would be unclothed."

Paul was living, in his mortal flesh, the abundant life that Jesus provided. But he was well aware that this life at its best is inferior to the life we will have in our glorified bodies with Jesus.

Those who wish to end this life just because of its problems and heartaches are like someone who hates his clothing and therefore discards it. That leaves him naked, and that is not what Paul was saying. Instead, he is like a man who has found a better set of clothes which he is wanting to exchange his present clothing for. He is longing for this mortality to be swallowed up by the eternal life of God.

Note 10 at 2 Cor. 5:4: Besides the mortal body referring to the physical body which is liable to death, mortality also emphasizes the weakness inherent within that body, which Paul referred to as "the law of sin which is in my members" (Rom. 7:23). Victory over this power of sin is now possible through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (v. 5). Victory over the presence of sin will be possible when, as Paul states, "mortality will be swallowed up of life." "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you" (Rom. 8:11).