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

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. 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 – 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.

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 5:8Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
• Psalms 27:3Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident.
• Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.
• Isaiah 30:15For this is what the master, the 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.
• Isaiah 36:4The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence?
• Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.
• 1 Peter 5:1So 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:
• Revelation 1:9I, 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.
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For 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.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
• Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.
• Psalms 119:19I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!
• Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven – and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Hebrews 11:13These 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.
• Hebrews 13:14For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is 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