"Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:" — 2 Corinthians 5:6

2 Corinthians 5:6 · KJV

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

— 2 Corinthians 5:6

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing {is} God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

2 Corinthians 5 — Context

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 of life.

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing {is} God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

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

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

We are confident, {I say}, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Philippians 3:20-21

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: {conversation...: or, we live or conduct ourselves as citizens of heaven, or, for obtaining heaven}

Hebrews 13:14

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

Psalms 39:12

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I {am} a stranger with thee, {and} a sojourner, as all my fathers {were}.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of {them}, and embraced {them}, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith}

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the LORD {is} strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident, {I say}, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Hebrews 10:35

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.