2 Corinthians 5:8
On this account we confide, and long to pass away from the body, and to be with our Lord.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
7For by faith we walk, and not by sight.
9We give diligence, that whether we are pilgrims or inhabitants, we may be pleasing unto Him.
Cross References
Matthew 25:23His lord saith to him, It is well, servant good and faithful; over a little thou hast been faithful, over much will I establish thee: enter into the joy of thy lord.
John 14:3And if I go to prepare for you a place, I will come again and take you with me, that where I am you also may be.
Acts 21:13THEN answered Paulos and said, What do you, weeping and bruising my heart? For not to be bound only am I prepared, but also to die in Urishlem, for the sake of the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
2 Corinthians 5:9We give diligence, that whether we are pilgrims or inhabitants, we may be pleasing unto 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 →