Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Corinthians 5:8
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.
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.
Verse 2 Corinthians 5:8. _WE ARE CONFIDENT_] We are of _good courage_, notwithstanding our many difficulties; because we have this earnest of the Spirit, and the unfailing testimony of God. And notwi...
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 BODY - We wou...
6. CONCERNING THE FUTURE. THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Earthly and the Heavenly House. (2 Corinthians 5:1 .)_ 2. The Judgment Seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:9 .) 3. The Cons...
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 we...
JOY AND JUDGMENT TO COME (2 Corinthians 5:1-10)...
For we know that if this earthly house of ours, that tent which is the body is pulled down, we have a building which comes from God, a house not made with hands, eternal and in the heavens. For indeed...
WILLING. well pleased. See 1 Corinthians 1:21, PRESENT. As "at home", 2 Corinthians 5:6. WITH. App-104. feast. Psalms 89:15...
_we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord_ Our confidence is not even disturbed by death, though it is not (2 Corinthians 5:4) death in i...
8. The ΔΈ marks the resumption of θαρροῦντες in θαρροῦμεν, and this is well rendered by ‘I say’ (A.V.). ΕΥ̓ΔΟΚΟΥ͂ΜΕΝ. ARE WELL PLEASED (2 Corinthians 12:10; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 12:18;...
6–10. These verses sum up results, and recall the strong conviction expressed in 2 Corinthians 5:1. The A.V. does not bring out the construction of 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, which is broken by the parenthe...
1–10. He continues his impassioned statement of the sufferings and the consolations of an Apostle, as drawn from his own experience. The support derived from the realization of the unseen is further d...
_A WALK WITH GOD BY FAITH 2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-10:_ The state of being in this earthly body means that we are "absent from the Lord." In one sense we are with God but not in the same way we long to be an...
ΘΑΡΡΟΫ́ΜΕΝPRAES. _ind. act. от_ ΘΑΡΡΈΩ (G2292) быть в хорошем настроении, ΕΎΔΟΚΟΎΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΔΟΚΈΩ (G2106) быть довольным, радоваться; здесь: "мы бы хотели" "мы предпочитаем" (BAGD)....
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 mean, that...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Building From God Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with ha...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Frustration of the Human Soul (2 Corinthians 5:6-15) 6 So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7for w...
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 [ ekdeemeesai (G1553)]...
10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
ABSENT FROM THE BODY] St. Paul here grapples with the possibility of death before the second coming of Christ. To die was 'to be with Christ which is far better' (Philippians 1:23). Even death could n...
PARAPHRASE. 'With this hope in our hearts we are always courageous. We know that while we live in this mortal body we are away from the Lord, and that when we put off this body we shall be in His pres...
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 is e...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 V1 We know this. Our body is like an *earthly tent. If our *earthly tent falls down, we will have a permanent building....
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 his Lor...
CHAPTER 13 THE CHRISTIAN HOPE. 2 Corinthians 5:1 (R.V) THAT outlook on the future, which at the close of 2 Corinthians 4:1. is presented in the most general terms, is here carried out by the Apostle...
θαρροῦμεν δὲ κ. τ. λ.: _nay_ (the δέ is resumptive of the thought in 2 Corinthians 5:6, which has been interrupted by 2 Corinthians 5:7, the grammatical structure involving an anacoluthon), _we are of...
IN ANY CASE TO BE WITH CHRIST IS BEST....
LONGING TO BE “AT HOME WITH THE LORD” 2 Corinthians 5:1 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, since there...
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 Mas...
VERSE 8 That knowledge caused him to desire death with no need to fear because he would be with the Lord....
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 va...
(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...
_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. I. IT...
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 disheart...
What then is the effect of the possession of life in Christ as applied to death and judgment, the two natural objects of men's fears, the fruit of sin? If our bodies are not yet transformed; and if th...
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 depar...
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 as a...
_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 i...
ABSENT FROM THE BODY; as are the disembodied spirits of the just who rest with Jesus....
Confident of Christ's acceptance:...
WE ARE CONFIDENT, I SAY, AND WILLING RATHER TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD....
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 of...
1-8 The believer not only is well assured by faith that there is another and a happy life after this is ended, but he has good hope, through grace, of heaven as a dwelling-place, a resting-place, a h...
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord. [The soul has two homes, a bodily and a spiritual, and the latter is preferable; but...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord,"[569]...
2 Corinthians 5:8 confident G2292 (G5719) yes G1161 G2532 pleased G2106 (G5719) rather G3123 absent G1553 ...
‘Being therefore always of good courage, and 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 of good courage, I say, and are w...
THE REASON WHY THEY ARE SETTING THEIR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE (2 CORINTHIANS 5:1) The thought of looking at what is unseen, rather than at what is seen, now leads on to a consideration of the resurrect...
2 Corinthians 5:8. WE ARE OF GOOD COURAGE, I SAY, AND ARE WILLING RATHER TO BE ABROAD FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE AT HOME WITH THE LORD. [1] [1] πρ ὸ ς τ ὸ ν Κύριον compare John 1:1, πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. _...
WE ARE OF GOOD COURAGE (θαρρουμεν). Good word for cheer and same root as θαρσεω (Matthew 9:2; Matthew 9:22). Cheer up.ARE WILLING RATHER (ευδοκουμεν). Rather, "We are well-pleased, we prefer" if l...
2 Corinthians 5:1. _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 the heavens. For in this we groan,_ In...
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 the heavens._ Is not this grand courage on the part of...
CONTENTS: Why death has no terrors for the Lord's servant. The motive and object of ministry for Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The servant of God who has the earnest...
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 ma...
AND WOULD MUCH PREFER. "We have no fear of death, and would like to receive our heavenly home (resurrection body) _now,_ and be at home with the Lord!...
_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 apostl...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 5:8 AWAY FROM THE BODY AND AT HOME WITH THE LORD. Paul expects that, when he dies, his spirit will go immediately into Christ’s presence. He will remain in that sta...
CHAPTIER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. The Apostle goes on to remind the Corinthians of the glories of heaven, saying that in exile here and in the tabernacle of the flesh he longs for them, and wish...
_Willing rather to be absent from the body_. "Having a good will" (the Latin version); "greatly desiring" (the Syriac); "wishing with all our heart" (Chrysostom). We choose rather to be absent from th...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 5:1.—Flow of _thought quite continuous_ from 2 Corinthians 4:18. _For_ (2 Corinthians 4:15).… _For_ (17).… _For_ ...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel (2 Corinthians 5:1). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:...
This time, let's turn in our Bibles to II Corinthians, chapter five. Paul talked about how he was constantly facing death for the cause of Jesus Christ. But though he was constantly facing death, vari...
1 John 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; 2 Corinthians 12:2;...
Are willing [ε υ δ ο κ ο υ μ ε ν]. The translation might well be made stronger as well as more literal : we are well - pleased. To be absent - present [ε κ δ η μ η σ α ι - ε ν δ η μ η σ α ι]. The sam...
Present with the Lord — This demonstrates that the happiness of the saints is not deferred till the resurrection....
The original words, for WE ARE CONFIDENT and WILLING, denote first, courage and undaunted boldness with respect to death, and complacency and satifaction in it. WE ARE WILLING; the translation is too...