2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore, because we know and are persuaded, that while we lodge in the body we sojourn away from our Lord;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
5And he that prepareth us for this thing, is God: who hath given us the earnest of his Spirit.
7(for we walk by faith, and not by sight;)
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, if our house on earth-this of the body, were dissolved, yet we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
Philippians 3:20But our concern is with heaven; and from thence we expect our Vivifier, our Lord, Jesus the Messiah;
Hebrews 11:13All these died in faith, and received not their promise; but they saw it afar off, and rejoiced in it; and they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims 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 →