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2 Corinthians 5

2 Cor. 5:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore
oun (Greek #3767)
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
KJV usage: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
Pronounce: oon
Origin: apparently a primary word
we are always
pantote (Greek #3842)
every when, i.e. at all times
KJV usage: alway(-s), ever(-more).
Pronounce: pan'-tot-eh
Origin: from 3956 and 3753
confident
tharrheo (Greek #2292)
to exercise courage
KJV usage: be bold, X boldly, have confidence, be confident. Compare 5111.
Pronounce: thar-hreh'-o
Origin: another form for 2293
, knowing
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
, whilst
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
we are at home
endemeo (Greek #1736)
to be in one's own country, i.e. home (figuratively)
KJV usage: be at home (present).
Pronounce: en-day-meh'-o
Origin: from a compound of 1722 and 1218
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the body
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
soma (Greek #4983)
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: bodily, body, slave.
Pronounce: so'-mah
Origin: from 4982
, we are absent
ekdemeo (Greek #1553)
to emigrate, i.e. (figuratively) vacate or quit
KJV usage: be absent.
Pronounce: ek-day-meh'-o
Origin: from a compound of 1537 and 1218
from
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
the Lord
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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we are always.
2 Cor. 5:8• 8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. (2 Cor. 5:8)
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Psa. 27:3‑4• 3Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
 4One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. (Psa. 27:3‑4)
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Prov. 14:26• 26In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. (Prov. 14:26)
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Isa. 30:15• 15For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. (Isa. 30:15)
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Isa. 36:4• 4And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? (Isa. 36:4)
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Heb. 10:35• 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. (Heb. 10:35)
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1 Peter 5:1• 1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: (1 Peter 5:1)
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Rev. 1:9• 9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Rev. 1:9)
whilst.
2 Cor. 5:1• 1For 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. (2 Cor. 5:1)
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1 Chron. 29:15• 15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. (1 Chron. 29:15)
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Psa. 39:12• 12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. (Psa. 39:12)
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Psa. 119:19• 19I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. (Psa. 119:19)
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Phil. 3:20‑21• 20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
 21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. (Phil. 3:20‑21)
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Heb. 11:13• 13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. (Heb. 11:13)
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Heb. 13:14• 14For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. (Heb. 13:14)
• If still present in the body, and thus absent from the Lord, we are confident, for we walk by faith, not by sight. If called to pass through death before the Lord comes, "we are confident", for this will mean the blessedness of being "present with the Lord". (“2 Corinthians 5” by H. Smith)
• We know that, while sojourning in the body as now, we are away from the Lord….it accounts for our readiness of mind to quit the body when summoned, and to go home with the Lord. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:6-9” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Therefore we are always confident, and knowh that while presenti in the body we are absenti from the Lord,

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "knowing" (from oida, conscious knowledge). It was their state; confident and knowing.
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The Greek words translated "present" and "absent" are literally "at home" and "away from home."

W. Kelly Translation

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Therefore being always confident, and knowing that, while present in the body, we are absent from the Lord