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2 Corinthians 5:6

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Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord

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2 Corinthians 5:6 in other translations

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

2 Corinthians 5:6 · World English Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 in context

  1. 4For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.
  2. 5Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
  3. 6Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord
  4. 7(for we walk by faith, not by sight);
  5. 8we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.