2 Corinthians 5:8
Douay-Rheims
But we are confident, and have a good will to be absent rather from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Adam Clarke
We are confident - We are of good courage, notwithstanding our many difficulties; because we have this earnest of the Spirit, and the unfailing testimony of God. And notwithstanding this, we are willing rather to be absent from the body - we certainly prefer a state of glory to a state of suffering, and the enjoyment of the beatific vision to even the anticipation of it by faith and hope; but, as Christians, we cannot desire to die before our time.
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1832 · 2 Corinthians 5:8
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