8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.


In Context

5 Now he that has worked us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

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

7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

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

9 Why we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad.

2 Corinthians 5:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8We are confident, [I say,] and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But we are confident, and have a good will to be absent rather from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:8we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:8we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.