2 Corinthians 5:6
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6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.
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Hebrews 11:13
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The Heavenly Hope
13 These all died in faith, (A)not having received the (B)promises, but (C)having seen them afar off [a]were assured of them, embraced them and (D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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- Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them
Philippians 3:20-21
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20 For (A)our citizenship is in heaven, (B)from which we also (C)eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 (D)who will transform our lowly body that it may be (E)conformed to His glorious body, (F)according to the working by which He is able even to (G)subdue all things to Himself.
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2 Corinthians 5:1
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Assurance of the Resurrection
5 For we know that if (A)our earthly [a]house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house (B)not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:1 Physical body
Revelation 1:9
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Vision of the Son of Man
9 I, John, [a]both your brother and (A)companion in the tribulation and (B)kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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- Revelation 1:9 NU, M omit both
1 Peter 5:1
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Shepherd the Flock
5 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a (A)witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the (B)glory that will be revealed:
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Hebrews 13:14
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14 For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
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Hebrews 10:35
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35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, (A)which has great reward.
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2 Corinthians 5:8
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8 We are confident, yes, (A)well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
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Isaiah 36:4
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4 (A)Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust?
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Isaiah 30:15
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15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
(A)“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
(B)But you would not,
Proverbs 14:26
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26 In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And His children will have a place of refuge.
Psalm 119:19
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19 (A)I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Psalm 39:12
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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (A)as all my fathers were.
Psalm 27:3-4
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3 (A)Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.
4 (B)One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may (C)dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the [a]beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
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- Psalm 27:4 delightfulness
1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 For (A)we are [a]aliens and [b]pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
(B)Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:15 sojourners, temporary residents
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 transients, temporary residents in an even more temporary sense
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