2 Corinthians 5:8

2 Corinthians 5:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

Context of 2 Corinthians 5:8

6Therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord, 7(for we walk by faith, not by sight;) we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord. 9Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him. 10For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body, according to those he has done, whether [it be] good or evil.

2 Corinthians 5:8 word by word

θαρροῦμεν δὲ καὶ εὐδοκοῦμεν μᾶλλον ἐκδημῆσαι ἐκ τοῦ σώματος καὶ ἐνδημῆσαι πρὸς τὸν κύριον.Read the interlinear

• ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
• absentἐκδημέωekdēmeō · be awayG1553
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 5:8

• 2 Corinthians 5:6Therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord,
• 2 Corinthians 12:2I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in [the] body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows;) such [a one] caught up to [the] third heaven.
• Luke 2:29Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go, according to thy word, in peace;
• Acts 21:13But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
• Philippians 1:20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death.
• 2 Timothy 4:7I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
• 2 Peter 1:14knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedily [to take place], as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me;
• 2 Peter 3:11All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
• 2 Corinthians 5:9Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
• Psalms 16:11Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
• Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
• Psalms 73:23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
• Matthew 25:21His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.
• John 14:3and if I go and shall prepare you a place, I am coming again and shall receive you to myself, that where I am ye also may be.
• John 17:24Father, [as to] those whom thou hast given me, I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before [the] foundation of [the] world.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:17then we, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in [the] clouds, to meet the Lord in [the] air; and thus we shall be always with [the] Lord.

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 5:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8We are confident - We are of good courage, notwithstanding our many difficulties; because we have this earnest of the Spirit, and the unfailing testimony of God. And notwithstanding this, we are willing rather to be absent from the body - we certainly prefer a state of glory to a state of suffering, and the enjoyment of the beatific vision to even the anticipation of it by faith and hope; but, as Christians, we cannot desire to die before our time.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8We are confident - 2 Corinthians 5:6. We are cheerful, and courageous, and ready to bear our trial. Tyndale renders it: “we are of good comfort.” And willing rather to be absent from the body - We would prefer to die. The same idea occurs in Philemon 1:23. “Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; which is far better.” The sense is, that Paul would have preferred to die, and to go to heaven; rather than to remain in a world of sin and trial. To be…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. 88. willing--literally, "well content." Translate also, "To go (literally, migrate) from our home in the body, and to come to our home with the Lord." We should prefer to be found alive at the Lord's coming, and to be clothed upon with our heavenly body (2Co 5:2-4). But feeling, as we do, the sojourn in the body to be a separation from our true home "with the Lord," we prefer even dissolution by death, so that in the intermediate disembodied state we may…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