2 Corinthians 5:8

we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

In Context

7(for we walk by faith, not by sight;)

9Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.

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Cross References

Psalms 16:11Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Psalms 73:23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;

Matthew 25:23His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

John 14:3and if I go and shall prepare you a place, I am coming again and shall receive you to myself, that where I am ye also may be.

Acts 21:13But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for *I* am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:9Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.

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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