2 Corinthians 5:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,

Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Revelation 1:9

I John, your brother, who share with you in Jesus the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

1 Peter 5:1

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed.

Hebrews 10:35

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Isaiah 36:4

And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this confidence of yours?

Isaiah 30:15

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” And you would not,

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.

Psalm 119:19

I am a sojourner on earth; hide not thy commandments from me!

Psalm 39:12

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears! For I am thy passing guest, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.

Hebrews 13:14

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come.