2 Corinthians 5:6

having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, —

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

In Context

5And He who did work us to this self-same thing [is] God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit;

7for through faith we walk, not through sight —

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Cross References

Psalms 27:3Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I [am] confident.

Psalms 119:19A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.

Isaiah 30:15For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: 'In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.

2 Corinthians 5:1For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands — age-during — in the heavens,

Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await — the Lord Jesus Christ —

Hebrews 11:13In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted [them], and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon 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 →

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