2 Corinthians 5:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Neuerthelesse, we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lorde.

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  • 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Wherfore, whether we be at home, or from home, we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym.
  • 2 Pet 3:11-12 : 11 Seyng then that all these thynges shall perisshe, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlynesse: 12 Lokyng for, and hastyng vnto the comyng of the day of God, by whom the heauens shall perishe with fire, and the elementes shall melt with heate?
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 Dearely beloued, nowe are we the sonnes of God, and yet it doth not appeare what we shalbe: But we knowe that when he shall appeare, we shalbe lyke hym, for we shall see hym as he is.
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou wotest. And he sayde to me: These are they which came out of great tribulation, and haue wasshed their long robes, and made them whyte by the blood of the lambe. 15 Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serue hym daye and nyght in his temple, and he that sitteth in the throne, wyll dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate. 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
  • 2 Cor 12:2-3 : 2 For I knew a ma in Christe, aboue xiiij. yeres ago, (whether he were in the body I can not tell, or whether he were out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth) that he was taken vp into the thirde heauen: 3 And I knewe the same man (whether in the body or out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth)
  • Phil 1:20-24 : 20 Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 21 For Christe is to me lyfe, and death is to me aduantage. 22 But if I lyue in the fleshe, this (is) the fruite of my labour, and what I shall chose, I wote not. 23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better. 24 Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, is more needefull for you.
  • Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy, and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse.
  • Ps 73:23-26 : 23 Neuerthelesse I am alway with thee: for thou hast holden me by my ryght hande. 24 Thou hast guyde me with thy counsayle: and after that thou receauedst me with glorie. 25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and there is none vpon earth that I desire besides thee. 26 My fleshe and my heart fayleth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for euer.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • Luke 2:29 : 29 Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruaut depart in peace, accordyng to thy promise.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And yf I go to prepare a place for you, I wyll come agayne, and receaue you, euen vnto my selfe: that where I am, there may ye be also.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me, be with me where I am, that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me. For thou louedst me, before the foundation of the world.
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paule aunswered: What do ye weepyng and vexyng myne heart? For I am redy, not to be bounde only, but also to dye at Hierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu.
  • 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 Therfore we are alway of good cheare, and knowe, that as long as we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lorde.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfylled my course, I haue kept ye faith. 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghteousnesse, which the Lorde, the ryghteous iudge, shall geue me at that day: not to me only, but vnto the also yt haue loued his appearyng.
  • 2 Pet 1:14-15 : 14 Forasmuch as I am sure that shortly I must put of this my tabernacle, euen as our Lorde Iesus Christe shewed me. 15 I wyll euer also geue my diligence yt ye may haue wherwith to stirre vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departyng.
  • 1 Thess 4:17-18 : 17 Than we which lyue, which remaine, shalbe caught vp together with them in the cloudes, to meete the Lorde in the ayre: And so shall we euer be with the Lorde. 18 Wherfore comfort your selues one another in these wordes.
  • Rev 22:3 : 3 And there shalbe no more curse, but the throne of God and the lambe shalbe in it: and his seruauntes shal serue hym.

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    1For we knowe, that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed, we haue a building of God, an habitation not made with handes, but eternall in heauen.

    2For therfore sygh we, desiryng to be clothed with our house whiche is from heauen:

    3So yet, yf that we be founde clothed, and not naked.

    4For we that are in this tabernacle sigh, & being burdened because we would not be vnclothed, but would be clothed vpo, that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of lyfe.

    5He that hath ordeyned vs for this thyng is God, which hath also geuen vnto vs the earnest of the spirite.

    6Therfore we are alway of good cheare, and knowe, that as long as we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lorde.

    7(For we walke by fayth, not after outwarde appearaunce.)

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    9Wherfore, whether we be at home, or from home, we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym.

    10For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe, that euery man may receaue the workes of his bodie according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

    11Seing then that we knowe the feare of the Lorde, we fare fayre with men: For we are knowen well enough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in your consciences.

    12For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

    13For yf we be to feruent, to God are we to feruent: Or yf we kepe measure, for your cause kepe we measure.

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    20Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

    21For Christe is to me lyfe, and death is to me aduantage.

    22But if I lyue in the fleshe, this (is) the fruite of my labour, and what I shall chose, I wote not.

    23For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.

    24Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, is more needefull for you.

    25And this am I sure of, that I shall abyde & continue with you all, for your furtheraunce and ioy of fayth,

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    11Let hym that is such, thynke on this wise: that as we are in worde by letters, when we are absent, such are we in deede when we are present.

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    17Than we which lyue, which remaine, shalbe caught vp together with them in the cloudes, to meete the Lorde in the ayre: And so shall we euer be with the Lorde.

    18Wherfore comfort your selues one another in these wordes.

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    7Therefore brethren we were comforted ouer you, in all our aduersitie and necessitie, because of your fayth.

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    3I speake not this to condempne you: for I haue shewed you before, that ye are in our heartes to dye and lyue with you.

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    14For we knowe, that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus, shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus, and shall set vs with you.

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    3For I veryly, as absent in body, but present in spirite, haue determined alredie, as though I were present, concernyng hym that hath done this deede.

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