Whoknowsthat the breathof manascendsupwardand the breathof the beastdescendsdownwardto the earth?
"But mandiesand liesprostrate.Manexpires,and whereis he?
then the dustwill returnto the earthas it was, and the spiritwill returnto Godwhogaveit.
"IfI goand preparea placefor you, I will comeagainand receiveyou to Myself,that whereI am,[there] you may be also.
to occupythisministryand apostleshipfrom whichJudasturned asideto goto his ownplace."
For we knowthat ifthe earthlytentwhich is our houseis torn down,we havea buildingfrom God,a housenot made with hands,eternalin the heavens.
we are of good courage,I say, and preferratherto be absentfrom the bodyand to be at homewith the Lord.
"The LORDwill makeyou the headand not the tail,and you onlywill be above,and you will not be underneath,ifyou listento the commandmentsof the LORDyour God,whichI chargeyou today,to observe[them] carefully,
But I am hard-pressedfrom both[directions], havingthe desireto departand be with Christ,for [that] is very muchbetter;