2 Corinthians 5:8
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We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
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.
we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
[Yes] we have confident and hopeful courage and are pleased rather to be away from home out of the body and be at home with the Lord.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
We are confident, and we would prefer to leave the body and to be at home with the Lord.
We are confident, then, and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and come to our home with the Lord.
We should be cheerful, because we would rather leave these bodies and be at home with the Lord.
we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.
yet we are confident and prefer rather to get-away-from-home, out of the body, and to get-at-home with the Lord.
But we are confident, and have a good will to be absent rather from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
So I say that we have confidence. And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.
We are brave because we trust God. We would like to go away from our body here on earth. Then we would go to be at home with the Lord. And that would be better!
But we are confident and would much prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
So I say that we ·have courage [or are confident]. We really ·want [would prefer] to be ·away [absent; or exiled] from this body and be at home with the Lord.
Nevertheless, we are bold, and love rather to remove out of the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.
We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and be at home with the Lord.
and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.
So I say that we have courage. And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from this body and to live with the Lord.
Now the power that has planned this experience for us is God, and he has given us his Spirit as a guarantee of its truth. This makes us confident, whatever happens. We realise that being “at home” in the body means that to some extent we are “away” from the Lord, for we have to live by trusting him without seeing him. We are so sure of this that we would really rather be “away” from the body (in death) and be “at home” with the Lord.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
we are of good courage and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
And we are not afraid but are quite content to die, for then we will be at home with the Lord.
That’s why we live with such good cheer. You won’t see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet! Cramped conditions here don’t get us down. They only remind us of the spacious living conditions ahead. It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we’ll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming.
Instead, I say that we are confident and willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Thus we are confident and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.
Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.
but we are of good courage and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
Yet we are filled with confidence, even as we long to be exiled from the body and be at home with the Lord.
So I say that we have courage. We really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.
Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
We are certain about that. We would rather be away from our bodies and at home with the Lord.
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
We are sure we will be glad to be free of these bodies. It will be good to be at home with the Lord.
Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.
Nevertheless, we are of good comfort – and yet would rather be away from the body, and be present with the Lord.
Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
We are confident, and we would much prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Therefore we have bitachon and are pleased rather to leave home from the basar and to be at home with Adoneinu. [Pp 1:23]
Nevertheless, we are bold, and are well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
We are confident, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.
There is no doubt that we live with a daring passion, but in the end we prefer to be gone from this body so that we can be at home with the Lord.
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
We feel sure that we will want to leave this body and go to live with the Lord.
But we be hardy [Forsooth we be hardy], and have good will, more to be in pilgrimage from the body, and to be present to God.
we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
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