2 Corinthians 5:6
Being therefore always confident, and knowing that while at home in the body we are absent from the Lord,
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
5Now he who wrought us out for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the earnest of the Spirit.
7(for we walk by faith, not by sight),
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:1FOR we know that, if our earthly house of the tabernacle[5:1] were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Philippians 3:20For our citizenship[3:20] is in heaven; from whence we also look for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and professed that they were strangers and sojourners 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 →