2 Corinthians 5:6

Translations

Modern

Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

Traditional

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

Literal

…being confident, then, always, and knowing that being at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

Latin

Audentes igitur semper, scientes quoniam dum sumus in corpore, peregrinamur a Domino

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English

Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

Notes

2 Corinthians 5:1–10

The idea of eternal hope is promising, with heavenly bodies replacing our dying ones. The God of resurrection will raise us and present us with all believers (4:14). Paul faced challenges in Ephesus, which inspired this statement about resurrection hope (1:8–11). His body's weakness reminded him of life after death, when our earthly body will be taken down in death and decay (see 1 Corinthians 15:42–57; Philippians 3:20–21).

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) God’s New Covenant Paul’s Role as an Apostle The Message of Reconciliation The Resurrection of the Dead

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