 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...implying its constant liability to removal. FEB. f), JI-XE 7, 2 CORINTHIANS V. OCT. I nest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always- confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent froru the Lord : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, / say, and... | |
 | Joshua William Brooks - Religion - 1840 - 876 pages
...proves, that what the Apostle means by being with Christ is, the enjoyment of his visible presence. — "Therefore we are always confident, 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 confident, I say, and willing... | |
 | Henry Fitz - Sermons - 1840 - 512 pages
...dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," he says, " Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord." I will remark on this testimony, that the following things are manifest... | |
 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 pages
...even while they remain separated from their bodies. What can be more plain than those words of Paul : "We are always confident, 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 confident, I say, and willing,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1841 - 422 pages
...discouraged. He was cheerful and happy. He was patient in his trials, and diligent in his calling. confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in...from the Lord ; 7 (For • we walk by faith, not by sight :) a Ro. 8. 14, US. He was full of hope, and of the confident expectation of heaven; and this... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Bereavement - 1842 - 298 pages
...or infirmity, may our spirits be sustained by that noble confidence, of which the apostle speaks : " Therefore, we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body,... | |
 | Walter Hilton - Religion - 2001 - 216 pages
...an expression of love unto him such as we can have in our present condition. Thus St. Paul tells us: "Therefore we are always confident, 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 . . . willing rather to be... | |
 | J. C. Ryle - Religion - 2001 - 236 pages
...a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens"? (2 Cor. v. 1.) And again, "We are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord." (2 Cor. v. 6.) Does he not say to Timothy, "I know whom I have believed,... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2002 - 324 pages
...(5:6-1 1). He begins with a new view of death (5:6-8). There is, for instance, the matter of our exile: "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord" (5:6). Some cults view the body as a detriment, a handicap, a hindrance,... | |
 | Michael Joseph Doti, Jr. - Religion - 2002 - 110 pages
...truth, it will do you no good anyway. I want to give you a verse to read on this, 2 Corinthians 5:6: "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord." You can see how clear the Bible makes it. When you are not with the Lord,... | |
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Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord... 
