You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
2 Corinthians 5:8 - Tree of Life Version We are confident, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Yes] we have confident and hopeful courage and are pleased rather to be away from home out of the body and be at home with the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord. Common English Bible We are confident, and we would prefer to leave the body and to be at home with the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But we are confident, and have a good will to be absent rather from the body, and to be present with the Lord. |
You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
I in righteousness will behold Your face! When I awake, I will be satisfied with Your likeness.
The wicked is brought down in his calamity yet the righteous has a refuge even in death.
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful with a little, so I’ll put you in charge of much. Enter into your master’s joy!’
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful with a little, so I’ll put you in charge of much. Enter into your master’s joy!’
“Now may You let Your servant go in peace, O Sovereign Master, according to Your word.
If any man serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there also will My servant be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am you may also be.
“Father, I also want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory—the glory You gave Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Then Paul responded, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but to die for the name of the Lord Yeshua!”
Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
So whether at home or absent, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.
Loved ones, now we are God’s children; and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when it’s revealed, we shall be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in the city, and His servants shall serve Him.