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2 Corinthians 5:8

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we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

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2 Corinthians 5:8 in other translations

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:8 · World English Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 in context

  1. 6Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord
  2. 7(for we walk by faith, not by sight);
  3. 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.
  4. 9Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
  5. 10For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.