5 Bible Verses about Death Desired
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but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better;
Therefore let us also, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us;
And in those days men will seek death, and shall not find it; and will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
For while in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven; since, indeed, when we have put off our present garment, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not desire to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.read more.
Now he that hath prepared us for this very thing is God; who also gave to us the Spirit as the pledge. We have courage, therefore, always, and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
