2 Corinthians 5:8
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
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2 Corinthians 5:8 Context
6Therefore we are alwayes confident, knowing that whilest wee are at home in the body, wee are absent from the Lord. 7(For we walke by faith, not by sight.) 8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10For we must all appeare before the iudgement seat of Christ, that euery one may receiue the things done in his body, according to that hee hath done, whether it be good or bad.
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Other Translations for 2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
- King James Version
we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
- American Standard Version (1901)
We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
- Basic English Bible
we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.
- Darby Bible
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
- Webster's Bible
So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.
- Weymouth Bible
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
- World English Bible
But we ben hardi, and han good wille, more to be in pilgrymage fro the bodi, and to be present to God.
- Wycliffe Bible
we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 5:8
5:8 Present with the Lord - This demonstrates that the happiness of the saints is not deferred till the resurrection.
People's Bible Notes for 2 Corinthians 5:8
2Co 5:8 We are confident. In the face of every peril, because we know that death, an absence from the body, would be to be present with the Lord. Note here the doctrine of the immaterial nature of the human spirit. It puts aside the body to be clothed with a new garment. It is absent from the body but present with the Lord. The body is not essential to its conscious existence. It does not sleep because the body sleeps.