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 hath wrought us for this same thing is God, who also hath given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while 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 Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by 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 what he hath done, whether 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 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.