2 Corinthians 5:6

2 Corinthians 5:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.

Context of 2 Corinthians 5:6

4Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality 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. So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6 word by word

Θαρροῦντες οὖν πάντοτε καὶ εἰδότες ὅτι ἐνδημοῦντες ἐν τῷ σώματι, ἐκδημοῦμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• confidentθαρρέωtharrheō · be confidentG2292
• knowingεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• whilstκαίkai · andG2532
• we are at homeἐνδημέωendēmeō · be homeG1736
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the bodyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• we are absentἐκδημέωekdēmeō · be awayG1553
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 5:6

• 2 Corinthians 5:8In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
• Psalms 27:3Though an army deploys against me, my heart will not be afraid; though a war breaks out against me, I will still be confident.
• Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence and his children have a refuge.
• Isaiah 30:15For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “You will be delivered by returning and resting; your strength will lie in quiet confidence. But you are not willing.”
• Isaiah 36:4The royal spokesman said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: The great king, the king of Assyria, says this: What are you relying on?
• Hebrews 10:35So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
• 1 Peter 5:1I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory about to be revealed:
• Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are aliens and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
• Psalms 39:12“Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help; do not be silent at my tears. For I am here with you as an alien, a temporary resident like all my ancestors.
• Psalms 119:19I am a resident alien on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
• Philippians 3:20Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.
• Hebrews 13:14For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 5:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6We are always confident - ̔ · We are always full of courage; we never despond; we know where our help lies; and, having the earnest of the Spirit, we have the full assurance of hope. Whilst we are at home in the body, etc. - The original words in this sentence are very emphatic: signifies to dwell among one's own people; , to be a sojourner among a strange people. Heaven is the home of every genuine Christian, and is claimed by them as such; see Philemon…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Therefore we are always confident - The word used here ( ̓̔͂ tharrountes) means to be of good cheer. To have good courage, to be full of hope. The idea is, that Paul was not dejected, cast down, disheartened, discouraged. He was cheerful and happy. He was patient in his trials, and diligent in his calling. He was full of hope, and of the confident expectation of heaven; and this filled him with cheerfulness and with joy. Tyndale renders it: “we are always…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The idea of eternal hope is promising, with heavenly bodies replacing our dying ones. The God of resurrection will raise us and present us with all believers (4:14). Paul faced challenges in Ephesus, which inspired this statement about resurrection hope (1:8–11). His body's weakness reminded him of life after death, when our earthly body will be taken down in death and decay (see 1 Corinthians 15:42–57; Philippians 3:20–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Translate as Greek, "Being therefore always confident and knowing," &c. He had intended to have made the verb to this nominative, "we are willing" (rather, "well content"), but digressing on the word "confident" (2Co 5:6, 7), he resumes the word in a different form, namely, as an assertion: "We are confident and well content." "Being confident ... we are confident" may be the Hebraic idiom of emphasis; as Ac 7:34, Greek, "Having seen, I have seen,"…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings