2 Corinthians 5:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: ”

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 follo...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 5:8-9 (present). absent....
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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, a...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: We are always confident - Θαρῥουντες ουν παντοτε· We are always full of courage; we...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 ; 2 Co...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ver...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 i...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Corinthian...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 THE CHRISTIAN HOPE. 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 (R.V) THAT outlook on the future, which at the close of 2 Corinthians 4:1-18 . is presented in the most general terms, is here carried out...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Longing to Be “at Home with the Lord” 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 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, sin...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 Ma...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 b...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 emp...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. A. D. 57. 1 For we know that if our earthly house of th...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 far...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reason Why They Are Setting Their Minds On Things Above ( 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 ) The thought of looking at what is unseen, rather than at what is seen, now leads on to a consideration of the r...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:1-2 . 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,...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 apo...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel ( 2 Corinthians 5:1-47 ). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation ( 2 Cor...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:15 ; 1 Peter 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:8 ; Hebrews 10:35 ; Hebrews 11:13 ; Hebrews 13:14 ; Isaiah 30:15 ; Isaiah 36:4 ; Philippians 3:20 ; Philippians 3:21...
2 Corinthians 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Therefore we behave undauntedly — But most of all when we have death in view; knowing that our greatest happiness lies beyond the grave.

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 5:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes