Catholic Public Domain Version
"So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord. "
— 2 Corinthians 5:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
“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. ”
“We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.”
“Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.”
“But we are confident and have a good will to be absent rather from the body and to be present with the Lord.”
“We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.”
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.
For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.
And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him.
For it is necessary for us to be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the proper things of the body, according to his behavior, whether it was good or evil.
Therefore, having knowledge of the fear of the Lord, we appeal to men, but we are made manifest before God. Yet I hope, too, that we may be made manifest in your consciences.