| Walter Balfour - 1828 - 374 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 342 trang
...same apostle, he says, " There" fore, we are always confident, knowing that while we " sojourn in the body, we are absent from the Lord ; " we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be " absent from the body, and present with the Lord." (a) Here the expression, " present with the Lord," as a necessary... | |
| Henry Clissold - 1829 - 716 trang
...hour of sickness, I will transcribe. " We «re always confident, knowing that whilst we are 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. Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 340 trang
...same apostle, he says, " There" fore, we are always confident, knowing that while we " sojourn in the body, we are absent from the Lord ; " we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be " absent from the body, and present with the -Lord." (a) Here the expression, " present with the Lord," as a necessary... | |
| D. J. Bahr - 2005 - 355 trang
...wrought us for the self same thing is 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, I say, and... | |
| Deborah E. Willis - 2005 - 262 trang
...hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 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... | |
| Brenda Dooling - 2005 - 502 trang
...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... | |
| Peggy Latchem - 2005 - 124 trang
...going. Thank you, Father! What comfort you give to us who are your children! 2 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV) 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Philippians 1:21 (NIV) 21. For to me, to live is Christ... | |
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