2 Corinthians 5:8

So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

In Context

7for I am walking by faith, not by sight.

9And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:23"‘Well done, good and faithful slave,’ his master replied, ‘You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master’s joy.’

John 14:3I will return and will take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be also.

Acts 21:13"What do you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief?" answered Paul. "For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."

2 Corinthians 5:9And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.

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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