2 Corinthians 5:6 BSB

2 Corinthians 5:6

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

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ASV

Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent 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:

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

HOMILY 63 ON PSALMS (420)

We who in this world "are exiled from the Lord" walk about on earth, it is true, but we are hastening on our way to heaven. For here we do not have a lasting place, but we are wayfarers and pilgrims, like all our fathers.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

We are always confident - Θαρῥουντες ουν παντοτε· We are always full of courage; we never despond; we know where our help lies; and, having the earnest of the Spirit, we have the full assurance of hope. Whilst we are at home in the body, etc. - The original words in this sentence are very emphatic: ενδημειν signifies to dwell among one’s own people; εκδημειν, to be a sojourner among a strange people. Heaven is the home of every genuine Christian, and is claimed by them as such; see Php 1:

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1303: “The Believer in the Body and Out of the Body” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1876)

IT is quite clear that the Apostle did not consider his body to be himself. He speaks of it as being the frail tent or tabernacle in which he dwelt and, again, as the garment with which, for a while, he was clothed. That tent or tabernacle he expected to see dissolved. And that garment he expected to put off. He distinguished between the outward man which would perish and the inward man, which was his true self, which he speaks of as, "renewed day by day."

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Θαρροῦντες	Tharrountes	being confident	G2292 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
πάντοτε	pantote	always	G3842 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰδότες	eidotes	knowing
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐνδημοῦντες	endēmountes	being at home	G1736 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
σώματι,	sōmati	body,	G4983 →
ἐκδημοῦμεν	ekdēmoumen	we are absent	G1553 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
κυρίου·	kuriou	Lord;	G2962 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 5:1
Now 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.
leads to
- Job 19:25–26
  But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- 1 John 3:2
  Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
- 2 Peter 1:13–14
  I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
- 2 Corinthians 4:7
  Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- Hebrews 9:24
  For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
Through
Hebrews 13:14
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
leads to
- Philippians 3:20
  But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Colossians 3:1–3
  Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Through
Psalms 39:12
Hear 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.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Corinthians