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Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
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A God-Given Confidence
Paul's "good courage" isn't a fleeting emotion but a constant state of being. Commentators explain this confidence is not self-generated but is a direct result of God's work. It is rooted in the assurance of a future resurrection and eternal life with Christ, a promise guaranteed by the Holy Spirit dwelling within the believer. This hope allows Christians to face trials with cheerfulness and patience.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore we are always confident. The word used here, yarrountev, means to be of good cheer, to have good courage, and to be ful…
At home in the body (ενδημουντες εν τω σωματ). Rare verb ενδημεω from ενδημος (one among his own people as opposed to εκδημος, one…
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore we are always confident.—The Greek construction is participial: being therefore always confident; the sentence not bein…
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Baptist
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, an…
With the assured hope of receiving a glorified body (v.1) and with the pledge of his transformation in the presence and activity of the Spirit with…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore we are always confident. This means exercising dependence on the earnest of the Spirit; for otherwise, we always trembl…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore we are always confident Because God has formed us for immortality and glory, and given us his Spirit as th…
The believer not only is well assured by faith that there is another and a happy life after this one ends, but he has good hope, through grace, of …
13th Century
Catholic
Here the author reveals the source of the supernatural desire for a heavenly dwelling. The cause of our natural desire to not be unclothed is that …
