2 Corinthians 5:8
we are confident, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
7(for we walk by faith, not by sight),
9Wherefore we also strive, that, whether at home or absent, we may be well pleasing to him.
Cross References
Matthew 25:23His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am ye may be also.
Acts 21:13Then answered Paul: What mean ye, to weep and to break 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 we also strive, that, whether at home or absent, we may be well pleasing 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 →