2 Corinthians 5:3

Being clothed. That is, either with the earthly, mortal body, or with the heavenly, immortal body.

Found naked. That is, with neither an “earthly house” (v. 1) nor a “house . . . from heaven” (v. 2). If possible, Paul chose to be translated without seeing death. He would join the elect company of Enoch and Elijah, who were translated to heaven without seeing death (Gen. 5:24; 2 Kings 2:11). Had this intermediate state, in which he would have neither an earthly nor a heavenly body, offered the prospect of a state of disembodied bliss in the presence of God, Paul would not have so earnestly desired to avoid it (2 Cor. 5:2-4). If such a state of bliss were possible, why would the apostle so ardently desire to be cumbered with another body, even though it were a heavenly body? See on v. 4.