Absent From The Body

“We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8)

C. K. Barrett [in his commentary The First Epistle to the Corinthians] writes that “This paragraph [verses 1-8]... is notoriously difficult”1. Is Paul commending absence “from the body” because this will be presence “with the Lord”? If so, how is this accomplished, through the freedom of an immortal soul no longer constrained by the body?

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Author: K. J. Went

Keywords: Home in the body, Clothed from heaven, Absent from the Lord, Absent from the body, Present with the Lord, Earthly tabernacle, Earthly tent, Immortal soul, Immortal soulism, Immortal spirit, Heavenly tabernacle

Bible reference(s): 2 Corinthians 5:6-9

Source: Difficult Sayings.

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