2 Corinthians 5:8

Absent From The Body And At Home With The Lord

⁷ (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,) ⁸ We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord. ⁹ For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

Good Courage

To the Lord

Psalm 16:11

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

Psalm 73:23-26

But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my right hand.

Matthew 25:21

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

Matthew 25:23

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

Luke 2:29

Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;

John 14:3

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

John 17:24

Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

2 Corinthians 5:9

For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

2 Corinthians 12:2-3

I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.

Philippians 1:20-24

In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

2 Peter 1:14-15

For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

2 Peter 3:11-12

Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,

1 John 3:2

My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

Revelation 7:14-17

And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 22:3

And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him;