Bible verse
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Corinthians 5.
4 So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
5 And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
6 Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.
8 We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
9 So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
11 Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
12 We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
KJV
We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
ASV
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.
ERV
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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