2 Corinthians 5:9

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

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

In Context

8So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

10For we must all be made manifest, in our true characters, before the Judgment-seat of Christ; so that each one may receive according to that which he has done in his body, whether good or evil.

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Cross References

John 6:27"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life - that which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father - God - has set his seal."

Romans 14:8If we live, we live unto our Lord; if we die, we die unto our Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we belong to our Lord.

Romans 15:20My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ’s name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man’s foundation.

1 Corinthians 15:58So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:8So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at 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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