2 Corinthians 5:6

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2 Corinthians 5:6

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

We are always

Whilst

Hebrews 13:14

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We are always

We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.

I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

Whilst

For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.

Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.

For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.