2 Corinthians 5:8

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⁶ Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

⁷ (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

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

⁹ Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
KJV: We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
WEB: We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
ASV: we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
DARBY: we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: vi er altså frimodige, og vil heller være borte fra legemet og være hjemme hos Herren.
OTB: Likevel er vi ved godt mot og ville foretrekke å være borte fra kroppen og hjemme hos Herren.
B1930: vi er altså frimodige, og vil heller være borte fra legemet og være hjemme hos Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Philippians 1:20–24
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
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2 Corinthians 5:6
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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John 14:3
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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1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
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2 Corinthians 12:2–3
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
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Psalms 73:23–26
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
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Psalms 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
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Psalms 17:15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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