And we are confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be at home near the Lord.

Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

Are they servants of Christ?
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death many times.