...whilst we an? at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.'' And again, at verse 8, he says, " we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." In confirmation of this view, Macknight says in his fourth...

...insensibility? 80 And the apostle, speaking to the faithful in Corinth in general, joins them thus with himself: "We are confident, I say, and willing, rather to be absent from the body ; —literally, to go into a foreign country from the body, — and to be present with the...

...selfsame thing is God, \\lio also hath givi-n unto us the earnest of the Spirit, t 6 Therefore we arc always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (17 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:} л 8 We are confident, / snyt...

...EDWARDS. A SERMON. CHRISTIANS, WHEN ABSENT FROM THE BODY, ARE PRESENT WITH THE LORD. II COR. V. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be...from the body, and to be present with the Lord. THE Apostle is here giving a reason why he went on with such immoveable boldness and steadfastness, through...

...while we arc at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. (For we walk by faith and not by sight.) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be...from the body and to be present with the Lord." The first idea that presents itself in reading this passage is, that there is something in man not dependent...

...A SERMON. CHRISTIANS, WHEN ABSENT FROM THE BODY, ARE PRESENT WITH THE LORD. , II COR. v. 8. We arc confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent...from the body, and to be present with the Lord. THE Apostle is here giving a reason why he went on with such immoveable boldness and steadfastness, through...

...up into the presence of the Lord in Heaven. II Corinthians 5:6-8 declare it in this way: 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...

...question of rewards for service (Walvoord, 269-70). Paul was trying to explain this fact when he wrote: We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord, Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we...

...singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" from a distant, ancient bean field. Renee read verse eight out loud. "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." She sat back, breathed softly, and closed her eyes. Tears...

...when you die, you too can have this confidence Paul talks about in 2 Corinthians 5:8 when he says: "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." Your spirit, the real you, will be present with the Lord....