2 Corinthians 5:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

2 Corinthians 5:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Corinthians 5:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Corinthians 5:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;”

2 Corinthians 5:6 — World English Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

2 Corinthians 5:6 — American Standard Version

2 Corinthians 5:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“having courage, then, at all times, and knowing that being at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord, --”

2 Corinthians 5:6 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Corinthians 5:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord, ”

2 Corinthians 5:6 — Darby Translation

2 Corinthians 5:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Therefore we are alway bolde, though we knowe that whiles we are at home in the bodie, we are absent from the Lord.”

2 Corinthians 5:6 — Geneva Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 in Context — 2 Corinthians 5

4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto 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.

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What Does 2 Corinthians 5:6 Mean?

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