2 Corinthians 5:8
And in this confidence we would gladly leave our home in the body, and make our home with the Lord.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7For we guide our lives by faith, and not by what we see.
9Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.
Cross References
Matthew 25:23‘Well done, good, trustworthy servant!’ said his master. ‘You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master’s joy!’
John 14:3And, since I go and prepare a place for you, I shall return and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am;
Acts 21:13It was then that Paul made the reply: “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart like this? For my part, I am ready not only to be bound, but even to suffer death at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus.”
2 Corinthians 5:9Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to 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 →