2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore, we are always confident, especially since we know that, while living in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

In Context

5Now, he that has formed us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the earnest of the Spirit.

7for we walk by faith, not by sight:

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house, which is but a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and having embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:2-12

The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. ( a. d. 57.) 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up… Read the whole commentary →

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