...the particular texts. V. 2 Cor. v. 6, 8. " Therefore we are always confident, (or of good courage,) knowing, that whilst we are at home in the body we...from the body, and to be present with the Lord." The apostle ver. 4. seems to wish that he might be clothed upon at once with immortality in soul and body,...

...while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight: we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord," 2 Cor. v. 5—8. Here faith is confined to this life, and...

...house' of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God.-— And ver. 6, 7, 8. Therefore we are always •confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing...

...for the self-same thing, is God ; who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore, we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body \ve are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by .sia;ht.) 8 We are confident, I say,...

...courage, knowing that K'hiht we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord ; We are confident, J say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord: The apostle, verse 4. seems to wish that he might be clothed upon at once, with immortality in soul and...

...Christ is Paul's paradise. According to him, Christ is the most desirable part of celestial felicity : " Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord ; we are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord," 2 Cor. v. 6, 8. " I desire...

...•we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Ver. 6. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : Ver. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from...

...Christian. " Ah !" says Paul, " I long to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better."—" We are confident, I say, and willing, rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." What would everything be in his absence ? Could the place, the...

...for the self-same thing is God, who " also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. " Therefore we are always confident, knowing that " whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent " from the Lord: (for we walk by faith not by " sight.) We are confident, I say, and...

...for in this we groan, earneslly desiring to be clothed upon with our house, which is from heaven, and we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord ; therefore we are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be...