2 Corinthians 5:8

6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.

7 For ^awe walk by faith, not by sight.

8 We are confident, yes, ^awell pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

The Judgment Seat of Christ

9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

10 ^aFor we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, ^bthat each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

11 Knowing, therefore, ^athe terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.

Verse Comparison: 2 Corinthians 5:8

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
[Yes] we have confident {and} hopeful courage and are pleased rather to be away from home out of the body and be at home with the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
We should be cheerful, because we would rather leave these bodies and be at home with the Lord.

Darby English Version
we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.

Good News Bible
We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and be at home with the Lord.

International Standard Version
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from this body and to live with the Lord.

King James Version
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

New American Standard Bible
we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

New International Version
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

New King James Version
We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
we have good courage, I say, and prefer rather to remain absent from the body and to become at home with the Lord.

Young's Literal Translation
we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

New English Translation
Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away¹ from the body and at home with the Lord.

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