2 Corinthians 5:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. ”

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 bod...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 v...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

willing . well pleased. See 1 Corinthians 1:21 , present. As "at home", 2 Corinthians 5:6 . with . App-104. feast. Psalms 89:15
2 Corinthians 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

We are confident, I say , and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. We are confident - We are of good courage, notwithstanding our many difficulties; because we...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 mea...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 х ekdeemeesai...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 hi...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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....
2 Corinthians 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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.
2 Corinthians 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - 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 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Confident of Christ's acceptance:
2 Corinthians 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; 2 Peter 3:11 ; 2...
2 Corinthians 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Present with the Lord — This demonstrates that the happiness of the saints is not deferred till the resurrection.

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 5:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 5:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 5:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes