2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore, we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
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5Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has also given to us the Spirit as a pledge.
7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly tent in which we live is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven; from whence we eagerly look for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off; and they were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and exiles 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 →