2 Corinthians 5:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.

Cross References

Psalm 16:11

You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever.

Psalm 17:15

I am just—let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are overthrown by their wickedness, but the just find a refuge in their integrity.

Matthew 25:21

His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’

Matthew 25:23

His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’

Luke 2:29

“Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word,

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.

John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.

John 17:24

Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? I am prepared not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,

2 Corinthians 5:9

Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Revelation 22:3

Nothing accursed will be found there anymore. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.