Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

Bible References

We are always

2 Corinthians 5:8
) in this assurance, I say, I think it best to be quit of this body, and be present with the Lord.
Hebrews 10:35
don't therefore quit that resolution you have, which will be attended with so great a reward.
1 Peter 5:1
I address myself to you pastors, as being a pastor myself, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and as one who is to partake of the glory, that shall hereafter be made manifest;
Revelation 1:9
I JOHN, who am your brother, and partake in the tribulation, in the reign, and in the patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony I gave of Jesus Christ.

Whilst

2 Corinthians 5:1
For I know, that if my body, which is but a tent for my sojourning upon earth, were dissolved, I have what is not fram'd by human art, but by the divine architect, a mansion eternal in the heavens.
Philippians 3:20
but we are the denisons of heaven, from whence we expect the saviour Jesus Christ our Lord.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, without receiving what was promised, having only a distant view of what they eagerly expected, professing to live as strangers and pilgrims in the land.
Hebrews 13:14
for we have. no settled corporation here, but are in expectation of that which is approaching.