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


In Context

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.

9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

2nd 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 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.

The American 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.