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


In Context

3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

5 Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

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

7 We live by faith, not by sight.

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

2nd 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6Therefore we are always confident, and know that while present 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: