21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward(A) and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

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21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

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and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart(A) and be with Christ,(B) which is better by far;

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23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

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Awaiting the New Body

For we know that if the earthly(A) tent(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back(A) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.(B)

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And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.

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22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

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We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(A)

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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.

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25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.”

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25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

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