2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore having always confidence, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
5Now he that maketh us for this very thing, is God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit.
7(For we walk by faith, and not by sight.)
Cross References
Psalms 27:3If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident.
Isaiah 30:15For thus saith the Lord God the Holy One of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be. And you would not:
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
Philippians 3:20But our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 11:13All these died according to faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them afar off, and saluting them, and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.
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 →