 | 1849 - 1188 pagina’s
...are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord." He esteemed it desirable that his present life should terminate,... | |
 | 1831 - 412 pagina’s
...By S. Cheffins. Palmer. Mr. Cheffins founds his discourse on St. Paul's words, in the 2 Cor. v. 8. " We are confident, I say, and willing, rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." From which, he first describes the persons who can, in... | |
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pagina’s
...cometh unto the Father but by me." SERMON XV. THE SEPARATE STATE. BY JOSEPH KINGHORN. 2 COR. v. 8. — We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. THIS Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians was written... | |
 | Alexander Copland - 1832 - 586 pagina’s
...we are always confident, knowing, that while we sojourn in the body, we are absent from the Lord : We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." But certainly, to be present with the Lord, which the Apostle here afiirms that good men... | |
 | John Bovee Dods - 1832 - 222 pagina’s
...we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body andpresent with the Lord." While in the body, though they had many consolations in the faith... | |
 | 1833 - 650 pagina’s
...my spirit." Acts vii. 59. The holy, heavenly confidence of Paul, when he said to the Corinthians, " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." 2 Cor. v. 8. The great apostle's vehement longing for his own personal and perfect felicity,"... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1833 - 572 pagina’s
...whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we walk by faith, not by sight) : we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord .-" 2 Cor. v, 1 — 8. So, again, to the Philippians, he... | |
 | Samuel Gover Winchester - 1833 - 156 pagina’s
...vii. 16. Which prompted the apostle to say, "For me to live is Christ, to die is gain." Phil. i. 21. " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2 Cor. v. 8. " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having... | |
 | 1834 - 428 pagina’s
...the full persuasion of this, one cannot but say as the apostle doth for himself, and others also, " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." I am an old man. If I arrive to the 23rd of June, I shall be seventy-five years of age,... | |
 | Thomas Searle - 1834 - 284 pagina’s
...are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord, 2 Cor. v. 1—8. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh,... | |
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Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the... 
