Verse 8
we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Referenced Verses
- 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
- 2 Pet 3:11-12 : 11 All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts? 12 waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;
- 1 John 3:2 : 2 beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;
- Rev 7:14-17 : 14 and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb; 15 because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them; 16 they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat, 17 because the Lamb that `is' in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away shall God every tear from their eyes.'
- 2 Cor 12:2-3 : 2 I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago -- whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known -- such an one being caught away unto the third heaven; 3 and I have known such a man -- whether in the body, whether out of the body, I have not known, God hath known, --
- Phil 1:20-24 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death, 21 for to me to live `is' Christ, and to die gain. 22 And if to live in the flesh `is' to me a fruit of work, then what shall I choose? I know not; 23 for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better, 24 and to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account,
- Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys `is' with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!
- Ps 17:15 : 15 I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, `with' Thy form!
- Ps 73:23-26 : 23 And I `am' continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand. 24 With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me. 25 Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth. 26 Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion `is' God to the age.
- Matt 25:21 : 21 `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.
- Matt 25:23 : 23 `His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.
- Luke 2:29 : 29 `Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,
- John 14:3 : 3 and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;
- John 17:24 : 24 `Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.
- Acts 21:13 : 13 and Paul answered, `What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'
- 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, --
- 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
- 2 Pet 1:14-15 : 14 having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me, 15 and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things.
- 1 Thess 4:17-18 : 17 then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be; 18 so, then, comfort ye one another in these words.
- Rev 22:3 : 3 and any curse there shall not be any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him,