At home in the body
(ενδημουντες εν τω σωματ). Rare verb ενδημεω from ενδημος (one among his own people as opposed to εκδημος, one away from home). Both εκδημεω (more common in the old Greek) and ενδημεω occur in the papyri with the contrast made by Paul here.
Verse 2 Corinthians 5:6. _WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT_] θαρρουντες ουν παντοτε. We are always _full of courage_; we never despond; we know where our help lies; and, having the _earnest of the Spirit_, we...
THEREFORE WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT - The word used here (θαῤῥοῦντες tharrountes) means to be of good cheer. To have good courage, to be full of hope. The idea is, that Paul was not dejected, cast do...
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 Cons...
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...
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...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
ALWAYS. App-151, Of. i. CONFIDENT. Greek. _tharreo._ Always in 2Corinthians except Hebrews 13:6. AT HOME. Greek. _endemeo,_ Only here and verses: 2 Corinthians 5:8 (present). ABSENT. Greek. _ekdemeo...
_Therefore we are always confident_ Because we always possess the inner life of the Spirit, and are therefore always, in a sense, with God. _at home in the body_ The body (see note on 2 Corinthians 5...
6–10. These verses sum up results, and recall the strong conviction expressed in 2 Corinthians 5:1. The A.V. does not bring out the construction of 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, which is broken by the parenthe...
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...
_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...
ΘΑΡΡΟΫ́ΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΘΑΡΡΈΩ (G2292) быть в хорошем настроении, быть бодрым, доверять. Анаколуф разбивает структуру предложения, так что оно начинается снова в ст. 8 (Barrett), ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ...
WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT— _Undaunted,—of good courage:_ and so 2 Corinthians 5:8. The original here, and in 2 Corinthians 5:8 implies the same with _we faint not,_ ch. 2 Corinthians 4:1;...
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...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Frustration of the Human Soul (2 Corinthians 5:6-15) 6 So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7for w...
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: Greek, 'Being therefore always confident and knowing,' etc. He intended the verb 'we...
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...
5:6 know (h-7) Lit. 'knowing' (from _ oida_ , conscious knowledge). It was their state; confident and knowing. present (i-10) absent (i-16) The Greek words translated 'present' and 'absent' are litera...
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...
PARAPHRASE. 'With this hope in our hearts we are always courageous. We know that while we live in this mortal body we are away from the Lord, and that when we put off this body we shall be in His pres...
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....
THEREFORE WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT. — The Greek construction is participial: _being therefore always confident;_ the sentence not being completed, but begun again with the same verb in 2 Corinthians 5:...
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 Apostle...
IN ANY CASE TO BE WITH CHRIST IS BEST....
θαρροῦντες οὖν κ. τ. λ.: _being therefore, sc._, on account of “the earnest of the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 5:5), _always, sc._, in any event, whether we die before the Day of Christ or survive to see i...
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...
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...
VERSE 6 With such assurance, Paul knew that this earthly home was not to be preferred to death where we can be home with the Lord....
(3) Therefore [we are] always (d) confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (3) He concludes something here from verse four, and states it in the followi...
We are absent from the Lord, and as it were pilgrims. He compares the condition of men in this mortal life with that of pilgrims far from their own beloved country, yet with hopes to arrive there, whi...
(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...
6._Therefore we are always confident _That is, as exercising dependence on the _earnest of the Spirit; _for, otherwise, we always tremble, or, at least, are courageous or alarmed by turns, and do not...
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...
THEREFORE WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT,.... Because God has formed us for immortality and glory, and given us his Spirit as the earnest of it, we take heart, are of good courage, do not sink under our burd...
Therefore _we are_ always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: Ver. 6. _Therefore we are confident_] Not hesitant, or halting, as Adrian the empero...
_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...
ABSENT FROM THE LORD; from the place of his special abode in heaven....
Confident of Christ's acceptance:...
THEREFORE WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT, KNOWING THAT, WHILST WE ARE AT HOME IN THE BODY, WE ARE ABSENT FROM THE LORD;...
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...
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...
We are always full of courage and comfort, being confident of this glory, and the swallowing up of mortality in life: for we know, that while we are in our earthly home (which is our body) we are fart...
Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V (pledged as it were thereby to have "the clothing upon," which is the object of our hope), and that "so long as we are in the flesh, we are absent from the Lord; "[5...
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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...
‘Being therefore always of good courage, and 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 of good courage, I say, and are w...
2 Corinthians 5:6. BEING THEREFORE ALWAYS OF GOOD COURAGE, AND KNOWING THAT WHILST WE ARE AT HOME IN THE body, we are abroad (or ‘away from home') from the Lord (the Lord Christ): (for we walk by fait...
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._ Is not this grand courage on the part of...
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...
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 earnest...
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...
SO WE. Now Paul uses the language of a _refugee._ "Because we expect to live eternally, we are always full of courage as we live out our life here!" WE KNOW THAT. "As long as we live in this present b...
_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...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:6 AT HOME... AWAY. See note on v. 8. ⇐...
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...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
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:...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:15; 1 Peter 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:8;...
At home [ε ν δ η μ ο υ ν τ ε ς]. En in, dhmov people. Only in this chapter. To be among one's own people, and not to travel abroad. We are absent [ε κ δ η μ ο υ μ ε ν]. Lit., we live abroad. Only in t...
Therefore we behave undauntedly — But most of all when we have death in view; knowing that our greatest happiness lies beyond the grave....
WE ARE CONFIDENT, that is, by the Holy Spirit comfortably assured of. better state. They who have the earnest of the Spirit may be confident of their future glorious state. Or, we are confident; that...