³⁶ For ^(A)David, after he had ^[a]served God’s ^(B)purpose in his own generation, ^(C)fell asleep, and was ^[b]buried among his fathers and ^[c]underwent decay;

⁷ then the ^(A)dust will return to the earth as it was, and the ^[a](B)spirit will return to ^(C)God who gave it.

⁴³ And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in ^(A)Paradise.”

The Temporal and Eternal

5 For we know that if our ^[a](A)earthly ^(B)tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house ^(C)not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

⁶ Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that ^(A)while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—

⁸ but we are of good courage and ^(A)prefer rather to be absent from the body and ^(B)to be at home with the Lord.

²³ But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the ^(A)desire to depart and ^(B)be with Christ, for that is very much better;

²³ to the general assembly and ^(A)church of the firstborn who ^(B)are enrolled in heaven, and to God, ^(C)the Judge of all, and to the ^(D)spirits of the righteous made perfect,