2 Corinthians 5:8

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2 Corinthians 5:8

but we are confident and delighted rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord.

Matthew 25:21

His lord said to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou wast faithful over few things, and I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 25:23

And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord.

Luke 2:29

Now, O Lord, thou art letting thy servant depart, in peace according to thy word;

John 14:3

And if I may go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; in order that you may also be where I am.

Father, that which thou hast given unto me, I wish that they may also be with me, where I am, in order that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given unto me: because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore we are always confident even knowing that, being present in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

2 Corinthians 5:9

Therefore we are truly ambitious, whether being present or absent, to be well pleasing unto him.

2 Corinthians 12:2-3

I knew a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, whether in the body, I know not; whether out of the body, I know not, such a one having been caught up even to the third heaven.

Philippians 1:20-24

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

then we who are alive, who are left, will at the same time along with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

2 Peter 1:14-15

knowing that the laying aside of my tabernacle is swift, as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me.

2 Peter 3:11-12

Then all these things being dissolved, what kind of people does it behoove you to be in holy deportment and godliness,

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

Revelation 7:14-17

And I said unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me; These are those coming up out of great tribulation, who have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 22:3

And there shall be no more curse. And the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

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2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

And willing

2 Peter 3:11

Present

General references

1 Corinthians 13:10

Bible References

And willing

Therefore we are always confident even knowing that, being present in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

I knew a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, whether in the body, I know not; whether out of the body, I know not, such a one having been caught up even to the third heaven.

Now, O Lord, thou art letting thy servant depart, in peace according to thy word;

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

knowing that the laying aside of my tabernacle is swift, as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me.

Then all these things being dissolved, what kind of people does it behoove you to be in holy deportment and godliness,

Present

Therefore we are truly ambitious, whether being present or absent, to be well pleasing unto him.

His lord said to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou wast faithful over few things, and I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord.

And if I may go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; in order that you may also be where I am.

then we who are alive, who are left, will at the same time along with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

And I said unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me; These are those coming up out of great tribulation, who have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

And there shall be no more curse. And the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

General references

but when the perfect may come, that which is in part shall be done away.