2 Corinthians 5:6

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So we are always confident. We know that as long as we are living in these bodies, we are living away from the Lord.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:15

To you we are all like our ancestors— foreigners without permanent homes. Our days are as fleeting as shadows on the ground. There’s no hope ⌞for them⌟.

Psalm 119:19

I am a foreigner in this world. Do not hide your commandments from me.

Psalm 39:12

Listen to my prayer, O Lord. Open your ear to my cry for help. Do not be deaf to my tears, for I am a foreign resident with you, a stranger like all my ancestors.

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and his children will have a place of refuge.

Isaiah 30:15

This is what the Almighty Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: You can be saved by returning to me. You can have rest. You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me. But you don’t want that.

Isaiah 36:4

The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What makes you so confident?

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn’t made by human hands.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.

Hebrews 10:35

So don’t lose your confidence. It will bring you a great reward.

Hebrews 11:13

All these people died having faith. They didn’t receive the things that God had promised them, but they saw these things coming in the distant future and rejoiced. They acknowledged that they were living as strangers with no permanent home on earth.

Hebrews 13:14

We don’t have a permanent city here on earth, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future.

1 Peter 5:1

I appeal to your spiritual leaders. I make this appeal as a spiritual leader who also witnessed Christ’s sufferings and will share in the glory that will be revealed.

Revelation 1:9

I am John, your brother. I share your suffering, ruling, and endurance because of Jesus. I was ⌞exiled⌟ on the island of Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus.