2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore we have always confidence, and know that whilst we are indwelling in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

5But he that hath wrought us for this very thing is God, who also hath given us the earnest of the spirit.

7(for we walk by faith, not by sight.)

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:1FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle should be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Philippians 3:20But our conversation is in heaven as its citizens, from whence also we are expecting the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them at a great distance, though believing and embracing them, and confessing that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.

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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