...when I die I'll be with Jesus, my Lord, in paradise. Scriptures says for the saved, and I am saved, "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be...from the body, and to be present with the Lord." It says, "But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart...

...singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" from a distant, ancient bean field. Renee read verse eight out loud. "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." She sat back, breathed softly, and closed her eyes. Tears...

...whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:1-8) Could it be? Could Bryton have actually...

...question of rewards for service (Walvoord, 269-70). Paul was trying to explain this fact when he wrote: We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord, Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we...

...we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7. (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8. 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,...

...day, typify the dwelling place of the deceased believers in Heaven. We revisit II Corinthians 5:8: We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Harmonizing with John 4:14, we can paraphrase this verse...

...when you die, you too can have this confidence Paul talks about in 2 Corinthians 5:8 when he says: "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." Your spirit, the real you, will be present with the Lord....

...whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (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. " (2 Corinthians 5:6-8) • The proof that the saved go...

...going. Thank you, Father! What comfort you give to us who are your children! 2 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV) 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Philippians 1:21 (NIV) 21. For to me, to live is Christ...

...2 Corinthians 5:6-8, "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD. . . . We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD." In fact this was so real to the apostle Paul that he wrote...