...we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight.) g We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent,...

...to be from the body and to be with the Lord, St. Paul's second Epistle to the Corinthians, v. 8, " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." This presence with the Lord could not be without the soul's existence from the body, and...

...thought so endeared the hope of heaven to the apostle Paul, as that there he should be with Jesus. " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord."| " Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better."! The " great multitude...

...we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.' In this passage the apostle declares expressly, that to...

...dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," 2 Cor. v. I. " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the lxird," ver. 8. " For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain...

...and therefore have I spoken : we also believe, and therefore speak. — 2 Cor. iv. 13. Ps. cxvi. 10. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and t6 be present with the Lord, &c. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade...

...were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, &c. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord, &c. 'Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade...

...second Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter v. verses 8, 9, 10, very justly deserve notice in this place. "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and te be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labors that whether present or absent, we may...

...that he expected nothing short of a state of perfect happiness, immediately upon leaving the world. " We are confident, I say, and willing, rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." a With this agree the passages that were quoted in answer to the former question : " I am...

...him in paradise. The apostle says, " Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."* Here he says, that when we are absent from the body, we...