2 Corinthians 5:6 “Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are…”

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore we are alway bolde, though we knowe that whiles we are at home in the bodie, we are absent from the Lord.

Darby Translation

Therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord,

Young's Literal Translation

having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, —

Bible in Basic English

So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

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Cross references

“we are always”

2 Corinthians 5:8 Proverbs 14:26 Hebrews 10:35 Isaiah 30:15 Isaiah 36:4 Revelation 1:9

2 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Proverbs 14:26 · BSB

He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Hebrews 10:35 · BSB

So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

Isaiah 30:15 · BSB

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”

Isaiah 36:4 · BSB

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

Revelation 1:9 · BSB

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

“whilst”

2 Corinthians 5:1 Psalm 39:12 Hebrews 13:14 1 Chronicles 29:15 Hebrews 11:13 Psalm 119:19

2 Corinthians 5:1 · BSB

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Psalm 39:12 · BSB

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

Hebrews 13:14 · BSB

For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

1 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Hebrews 11:13 · BSB

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Psalm 119:19 · BSB

I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

7For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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