labour
(Greek, "philotimeomai", means "are ambitious").
Wherefore - ( Διὸ Dio). In view of the facts stated above. Since we have the prospect of a resurrection and of future glory; since we have th...
Wherefore we (g) labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. (g) And seeing that it is so, we strive to live so, that both i...
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 pre...
labour . are ambitious. See Romans 15:20 , Add "also". accepted . well pleasing. See Romans 12:1 .
9. Wherefore we strive. Having shown how magnanimous Christians ought to be in the endurance of afflictions, (531) so that even in dying th...
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Wherefore we labor - Φιλοτιμουμεθα· from φιλος, loving, and τιμη, ho...
Wherefore we labour,— We make it the height of our ambition, Φιλοτιμουμεθα, whether staying in the body, or going out of it: that is, "Whether...
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Wherefore - With such a 'confidence' of being blessed, whethe...
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 tha...
Present or absent ] i.e. living or dead. Accepted] RV 'well-pleasing.'
Wherefore we labour. — Better, we strive earnestly after. The English “labour” is quite inadequate, the Greek expressing the thought of striving,...
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 present...
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,...
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 th...
(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 b...
Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent ,.... This may be understood either of the ministers of the Gospel in particular, who labour in...
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Ver. 9. Wherefore we labour ] Our hope of heaven maketh us activ...
Wherefore we labour Φιλοτιμουμεθα, we are ambitious , (the only ambition which has place in a Christian,) that, whether present in the body, or...
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christi...
The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. A. D. 57. ...
Having such a hope, yea, not such a hope only, but such an assurance and confidence, we labour, both actively, doing the will of God, and passively...
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...
‘For this reason also we make it our aim (aspire), whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing to him.' So whether at home in the body, or absent...
CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 5:1 .—Flow of thought quite continuous from 2 Corinthians 4:18 . For ( 2 Corinthians 4:15 ).… For (17).… F...
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 ha...
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 th...
2 Corinthians 5:9-11 . Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment...
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 con...
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 pa...
Wherefore we labour, that … we may be accepted of Him. Labouring for acceptance I. What we are to understand by the text. 1. The apostle did...
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...
Confident of Christ's acceptance:
Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him.
1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 Corinthians 9:26 ; 1 Corinthians 9:27 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:11 ; 1 Timothy 4:10 ; 2 Corinthians 5:6 ; 2 Corinthians 5:8...
Therefore we are ambitious — The only ambition which has place in a Christian. Whether present — In the body. Or absent — From it.
9 Wherefore we labour,a that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.