2 Corinthians 5:8
But we are confident, and have a good will to be absent rather from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7(For we walk by faith, and not by sight.)
9And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him.
Cross References
Psalms 16:11Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.
Psalms 73:23I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.
Matthew 25:23His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
John 14:3And if I shall go, and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will take you to myself; that where I am, you also may be.
Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, and said: What do you mean weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:9And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please 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 →