2 Corinthians 5:6

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Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord–

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  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
  • Phil 3:20-21 : 20 But our citizenship is in heaven– and we also eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.
  • Heb 13:14 : 14 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 Leading and Living in God’s Flock So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are resident foreigners and temporary settlers in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
  • Ps 27:3-4 : 3 Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident. 4 I have asked the LORD for one thing– this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.
  • Ps 119:19 : 19 I am a resident foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!
  • Prov 14:26 : 26 In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For this is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel says:“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.
  • Isa 36:4 : 4 The chief adviser said to them,“Tell Hezekiah:‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says:“What is your source of confidence?
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

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    7for we live by faith, not by sight.

    8Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

    9So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

  • 2 Cor 5:1-5
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    1Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

    2For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

    3if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

    4For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

    5Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

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    11Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.

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    11The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

    13For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

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    5For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

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    7An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

    8We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

    9we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,

    10always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.

    11For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

    12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

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    3For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.

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    16Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

    17For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

    18because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

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    2now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that(I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

    3For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,

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    9as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet– see!– we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

    10as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

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    14We do so because we know that the one who raised up Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence.

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    4Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

    5Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

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    6But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!

    7So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.

    8For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.

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    58So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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    7And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.

    9Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

  • Phil 2:12
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    12Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

  • 2 Cor 7:5
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    5For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way– struggles from the outside, fears from within.

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    17Forced Absence from Thessalonica But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time(in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

  • Phil 1:6
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    6For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

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    4And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.

  • Phil 3:20
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    20But our citizenship is in heaven– and we also eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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    1Paul’s Perseverance in Ministry Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

  • 1 Thess 4:15
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    15For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.

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    5in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

  • 2 Cor 7:16
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    16I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

  • Heb 6:9
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    9But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

  • Heb 13:6
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    6So we can say with confidence,“The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can people do to me?”

  • 2 Pet 1:14
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    14since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me.