6Therefore we are always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord,


In Context

3 if indeed being also clothed we shall not be found naked.

4 For indeed we who are in the tabernacle groan, being burdened; while yet we do not wish to be unclothed, but clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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

6 Therefore we are always confident, and know that while present 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 pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Therefore having always confidence, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6Therefore, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: