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 rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. The Parish Church; Or, Religion in Britain - Page 146by Thomas Wood - 1825 - 411 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Balfour - Eschatology - 1828 - 374 pages
...whilst we an? at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.'' And again, at verse 8, he says, " we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." In confirmation of this view, Macknight says in his fourth... | |
| Johnson Grant - 1828 - 210 pages
...insensibility? 80 And the apostle, speaking to the faithful in Corinth in general, joins them thus with himself: "We are confident, I say, and willing, rather to be absent from the body ; —literally, to go into a foreign country from the body, — and to be present with the... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 pages
...selfsame thing is God, \\lio also hath givi-n unto us the earnest of the Spirit, t 6 Therefore we arc always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (17 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:} л 8 We are confident, / snyt... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Religion - 1829 - 498 pages
...EDWARDS. A SERMON. CHRISTIANS, WHEN ABSENT FROM THE BODY, ARE PRESENT WITH THE LORD. II COR. V. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be...from the body, and to be present with the Lord. THE Apostle is here giving a reason why he went on with such immoveable boldness and steadfastness, through... | |
| Charles Hudson - Eschatology - 1829 - 224 pages
...while we arc at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. (For we walk by faith and not by sight.) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be...from the body and to be present with the Lord." The first idea that presents itself in reading this passage is, that there is something in man not dependent... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 494 pages
...A SERMON. CHRISTIANS, WHEN ABSENT FROM THE BODY, ARE PRESENT WITH THE LORD. , II COR. v. 8. We arc confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent...from the body, and to be present with the Lord. THE Apostle is here giving a reason why he went on with such immoveable boldness and steadfastness, through... | |
| Daniel Negron - 2005 - 478 pages
...up into the presence of the Lord in Heaven. II Corinthians 5:6-8 declare it in this way: 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... | |
| Calvin Fryar - Religion - 2005 - 170 pages
...question of rewards for service (Walvoord, 269-70). Paul was trying to explain this fact when he wrote: We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord, Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we... | |
| Brenda Dooling - Fiction - 2005 - 502 pages
...singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" from a distant, ancient bean field. Renee read verse eight out loud. "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." She sat back, breathed softly, and closed her eyes. Tears... | |
| Linda J. Waiters, Evangelist Linda J. Waiters - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 325 pages
...when you die, you too can have this confidence Paul talks about in 2 Corinthians 5:8 when he says: "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." Your spirit, the real you, will be present with the Lord.... | |
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