New Testament · VERSE 8

2 Corinthians 5:8

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

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2 Corinthians 5:6

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

2 Corinthians 5:7

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

2 Corinthians 5:8SELECTED VERSE

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

2 Corinthians 5:9

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

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