Theophylact of Ohrid, on 2Cor 5:2

“For in this also we groan, desiring to be clothed upon with our habitation that is from heaven.”

“Into what dwelling? Into the incorruptible body. And he calls it heavenly not because it will descend from above, but because from there the grace of incorruption will be sent down. Therefore we should not grieve when certain bodily trials befall us; on the contrary, we should even groan over the fact that we have not been divested of the entire corruptible body, so as to be clothed in the incorruptible one. This body the apostle did not call a tent, but a "dwelling," because it abides forever.”

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