“Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Corinthians 5 contains 21 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.