NET Bible
"Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord."
— 2 Corinthians 5:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“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 prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord–
for we live by faith, not by sight.
Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.
The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.