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:
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord.

Context of 2 Corinthians 5:6

4For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7For we live by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, I say, 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 5:8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
• Psalms 27:3Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.
• Proverbs 14:26Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.
• Isaiah 30:15This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.
• Isaiah 36:4The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: “ ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours?
• Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
• 1 Peter 5:1To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:
• Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
• Psalms 39:12“Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
• Psalms 119:19I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
• Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Hebrews 11:13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
• Hebrews 13:14For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for 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