...its state, is united to it, until the resurrection. On the first question, the Apostle Paul says, " Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from...confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord*." But ye are come to the spirits of just men made perfect...

...shall spend the evening of the day in which he suffered, with him in paradise. The apostle says, " Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from...confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."* Here he says, that when we are absent from the body, we...

...The same is further proved by what the Apostle said of himself, and other Christians. 2 Cor. v. 6. 8. "Whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. We are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." Here presence with the...

...for the self same thing it 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, / say, and...

...uncomfortable in comparison of that glorious state held forth in the words of the text — " Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord." For I do not take the words, " we are confident," concerning the apostle's...

...look not at the things wbich are seen, but at the things which are not seen, 2 Cor. iv. 10. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) v. 6, 7. Whom having not seen,...

...dissolved, we haA'ea building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens Therefore, we are always confident, knowing, that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith, not by sight) : we are confident, I say, and willing...

...for the self same thing ix God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore me 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, / say, and...

...that he expected nothing short of a state of perfect happiness, immediately upon leaving the world. " We are confident, I say, and willing, rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." a With this agree the passages that were quoted in answer to...

...remarkable language, " Therefore we are always confident, knowing, that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing, rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." Here Paul declares in the plainest manner, that to be "...