2 Corinthians 5:6

We have courage, therefore, always, and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

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In The King James Version

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

In Context

5Now he that hath prepared us for this very thing is God; who also gave to us the Spirit as the pledge.

7for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage,

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Cross References

Psalms 27:3Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; Though war should rise against me, yet will I be confident.

Psalms 119:19I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!

Isaiah 30:15For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel: By a return and by rest shall ye be saved; In quietness and confidence is your strength;

2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, if our earthly tent-habitation be destroyed, we have a building provided by God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens.

Philippians 3:20For the country of which we are citizens is heaven, whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promised blessings, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and having 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 →

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