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Our Eternal Dwelling

2 Corinthians 5:6

In 9 translations

BSB
Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
KJV
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
WEB
Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
ASV
Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord
LSV
having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the LORD—
YLT
having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, —
DBY
Therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord,
DRC
Therefore having always confidence, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
GNV
Therefore we are alway bolde, though we knowe that whiles we are at home in the bodie, we are absent from the Lord.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Θαρροῦντες οὖν πάντοτε καὶ εἰδότες ὅτι ἐνδημοῦντες ἐν τῷ σώματι ἐκδημοῦμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου,
RP2018
Θαρροῦντες οὖν πάντοτε, καὶ εἰδότες ὅτι ἐνδημοῦντες ἐν τῷ σώματι ἐκδημοῦμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου-
TR-Boyd
Θαρροῦντες οὖν πάντοτε, καὶ εἰδότες ὅτι ἐνδημοῦντες ἐν τῷ σώματι ἐκδημοῦμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου —
SCR1894
θαρρουντες ουν παντοτε και ειδοτες οτι ενδημουντες εν τω σωματι εκδημουμεν απο του κυριου

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
  • Philippians 3:20–21But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His…
  • Hebrews 13:14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
  • Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
  • Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
  • Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
  • 2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
  • Psalms 27:3–4Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust. One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the…
  • Proverbs 14:26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
  • Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
  • Isaiah 30:15For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
  • Isaiah 36:4The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
  • Psalms 119:19I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
  • 1 Peter 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

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