2 Corinthians 5:3 clarifies that the longing is to be clothed with the heavenly body, not left naked (disembodied).

In 2 Corinthians 5:4, Paul expands on the groaning—desiring not death but transformation to the heavenly body.

Romans 8:23 explicitly parallels the groaning and waiting for the redemption of our bodies, the same longing as for the heavenly dwelling.

1 Corinthians 15:53 uses the same clothing metaphor: the mortal must be clothed with immortality, exactly what Paul longs for here.

1 Corinthians 15:54 completes the thought—when clothed with immortality, death is swallowed up, fulfilling the longing in 2 Cor 5:2.

Romans 7:24 echoes the groaning—Paul's cry for rescue from the body of death parallels the longing for a heavenly dwelling.

Philippians 1:23 expresses a similar desire to depart and be with Christ, aligning with the longing to be clothed with the heavenly dwelling.