For we are foreigners and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So then, we are always full of good and hopeful and confident courage; we know that while we are at home in the body, we are abroad from the home with the Lord [that is promised us]. American Standard Version (1901) Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord Common English Bible So we are always confident, because we know that while we are living in the body, we are away from our home with the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore having always confidence, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord. |
For we are foreigners and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence and his children have a refuge.
For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: ‘You will be delivered by returning and resting; your strength will lie in quiet confidence. But you are not willing.’
The royal spokesman said to them, ‘Tell Hezekiah: The great king, the king of Assyria, says this: What are you relying on?
For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.
For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.
I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory about to be revealed:
I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.