2 Corinthians 5:8

Translations

Modern

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Traditional

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Literal

Now we are confident and we are well pleased rather to be away, out of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Latin

…audemus autem, et bonam voluntatem habemus magis peregrinari a corpore, et præsentes esse ad Dominum.

Original

Greek

English

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with 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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