2 Corinthians 5:8

therefore we are confident, and desirous to be away from the body, and to be with our Lord.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

7(for we walk by faith, and not by sight;)

9We are assiduous, that whether we are absent, or whether at home, we may please him.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:23His lord said to him: Well done! good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful with a little; I will set thee over much: enter thou 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 to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Acts 21:13Then Paul answered and said: What do ye, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am prepared, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

2 Corinthians 5:9We are assiduous, that whether we are absent, or whether at home, we may please 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 →

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