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Verse 2 Corinthians 5:8. _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 notwit...
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WE ARE CONFIDENT - 2 Corinthians 5:6. We are cheerful, and courageous,
and ready to bear our trial. Tyndale renders it: “we are of good
comfort.”
AND WILLING RATHER TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY - We wo...
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6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION.
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_
2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .)
3. The Con...
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Paul proceeds to expand the thought of 2 Corinthians 4:16, modifying
the idea of an inner personality into that of a house or home for the
soul prepared by God in heaven. The earthly frame in which we...
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For we know that if this earthly house of ours, that tent which is the
body is pulled down, we have a building which comes from God, a house
not made with hands, eternal and in the heavens. For indeed...
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WILLING. well pleased. See 1 Corinthians 1:21,
PRESENT. As "at home", 2 Corinthians 5:6.
WITH. App-104.
feast. Psalms 89:15...
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_we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the Lord_ Our confidence is not even
disturbed by death, though it is not (2 Corinthians 5:4) death in
i...
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1–10. He continues his impassioned statement of the sufferings and
the consolations of an Apostle, as drawn from his own experience. The
support derived from the realization of the unseen is further
d...
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_A WALK WITH GOD BY FAITH 2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-10:_ The state of being in
this earthly body means that we are "absent from the Lord." In one
sense we are with God but not in the same way we long to be an...
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ΘΑΡΡΟΫ́ΜΕΝPRAES. _ind. act. от_ ΘΑΡΡΈΩ (G2292)
быть в хорошем настроении,
ΕΎΔΟΚΟΎΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΔΟΚΈΩ (G2106)
быть довольным, радоваться; здесь: "мы
бы хотели" "мы предпочитаем" (BAGD)....
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AND WILLING RATHER TO BE ABSENT, &C.— This may be understood as
spoken with respect to death; and then it will imply, that a
Christian, as soon as he dies, is present with Christ: or it may mean,
that...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Building From God
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 For we know that if the earthly house of our
tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made
with ha...
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We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the Lord.
WILLING - literally, 'well content.' Translate, 'to go from our home
[ ekdeemeesai (G1553)]...
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10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of
settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous
in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
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The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been
pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by
the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual is
e...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 5
V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly
tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
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WE ARE CONFIDENT, I SAY. — The sentence begun in 2 Corinthians 5:6
and half broken off is resumed. The apparent sense is that he prefers
death to life, because it brings him to the presence of his Lor...
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CHAPTER 13
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE.
2 Corinthians 5:1 (R.V)
THAT outlook on the future, which at the close of 2 Corinthians 4:1.
is presented in the most general terms, is here carried out by the
Apostl...
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IN ANY CASE TO BE WITH CHRIST IS BEST....
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LONGING TO BE “AT HOME WITH THE LORD”
2 Corinthians 5:1
This mortal life is a pilgrimage, and our body is a tent, so slight,
so transitory, so easily taken down; but what does it matter, since
there...
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The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord,
throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the
burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Mas...
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VERSE 8 That knowledge caused him to desire death with no need to fear
because he would be with the Lord....
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We are (f) confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from
the body, and to be present with the Lord.
(f) And yet we are in such a manner confident and do so pass on our
pilgrimage with a va...
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(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...
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_HOME AT LAST_
‘At home with the Lord.’
2 Corinthians 5:8 (R. V.)
That is heaven at last. ‘There remaineth therefore a rest to the
people of God.’ I can tell you two things about that home.
I. IT...
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8._We are confident, I say _He again repeats, what he had said
respecting the confidence of the pious — that they are so far from
breaking down under the severity of the cross, and from being
disheart...
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What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied
to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the
fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
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WE ARE CONFIDENT, I SAY, AND WILLING RATHER,.... We are cheerful in
our present state, being assured of future happiness; though we choose
rather
TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY; that is, to die, to depar...
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8 We are confident, _I say_, and willing rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the Lord.
Ver. 8. _And willing rather_] Death is not to be desired as a
punishment of sin, but as a...
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_Now he that hath wrought us for_ Or _to_, this longing for
immortality; _is God_ For none but God, none less than the Almighty,
could have wrought this in us; _who also hath given us his Spirit_ In
i...
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ABSENT FROM THE BODY; as are the disembodied spirits of the just who
rest with Jesus....
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Confident of Christ's acceptance:...
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Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of
faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper
language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is of...
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1-8 The believer not only is well assured by faith that there is
another and a happy life after this is ended, but he has good hope,
through grace, of heaven as a dwelling-place, a resting-place, a
h...
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We are confident of such a blessed state, and this makes us willing to
be out of this body, that we might have the glorious presence and
enjoyment of God to all eternity....
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we 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 soul has two
homes, a bodily and a spiritual, and the latter is preferable; but...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "rather to be absent from the body
and to be present with the Lord,"[569]...
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2 Corinthians 5:8 confident G2292 (G5719) yes G1161 G2532 pleased
G2106 (G5719) rather G3123 absent G1553 (G5658) from G1537 body G4983
and G2532 present G1736 (G5658) with G4314 Lord G2962
and willi...
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THE REASON WHY THEY ARE SETTING THEIR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE (2
CORINTHIANS 5:1)
The thought of looking at what is unseen, rather than at what is seen,
now leads on to a consideration of the resurrect...
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2 Corinthians 5:8. WE ARE OF GOOD COURAGE, I SAY, AND ARE WILLING
RATHER TO BE ABROAD FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE AT HOME WITH THE LORD.
[1]
[1] πρ ὸ ς τ ὸ ν Κύριον compare John 1:1, πρὸς
τὸν Θεόν.
_...
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WE ARE OF GOOD COURAGE
(θαρρουμεν). Good word for cheer and same root as
θαρσεω (Matthew 9:2; Matthew 9:22). Cheer up.ARE WILLING RATHER
(ευδοκουμεν). Rather, "We are well-pleased, we prefer" if...
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2 Corinthians 5:1. _For we know that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan,_
In...
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CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive
and object of ministry for Christ.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnes...
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2 Corinthians 5:1. _We know that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the
heavens._ The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house
ma...
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AND WOULD MUCH PREFER. "We have no fear of death, and would like to
receive our heavenly home (resurrection body) _now,_ and be at home
with the Lord!...
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_Therefore we are always confident … at home in the body … absent
from the Lord._
PAUL’S THOUGHTS ABOUT DYING
1. The peculiar interest of this passage is, that it gives us an
insight into the apostl...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:8 AWAY FROM THE BODY AND AT
HOME WITH THE LORD. Paul expects that, when he dies, his spirit will
go immediately into Christ’s presence. He will remain in that sta...
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CHAPTIER 5
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of
heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh
he longs for them, and wish...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2
Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_
(17).… _For_ (2 Corinthians 5:1).… _For_
(2).… _For_
(4).… _For_...
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EXPOSITION
Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the
preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in
preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
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This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five.
Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of
Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
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1 John 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; 2 Corinthians
12:2; 2 Corinthians 12:3; 2 Corinthians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 5:9; 2
Peter 1:14; 2 Peter 1:15;...
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Are willing [ε υ δ ο κ ο υ μ ε ν]. The translation might
well be made stronger as well as more literal : we are well - pleased.
To be absent - present [ε κ δ η μ η σ α ι - ε ν δ η μ η
σ α ι]. The sam...
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Present with the Lord — This demonstrates that the happiness of the
saints is not deferred till the resurrection....
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The original words, for WE ARE CONFIDENT and WILLING, denote first,
courage and undaunted boldness with respect to death, and complacency
and satifaction in it. WE ARE WILLING; the translation is too...