2 Corinthians 5:8

Paul would gladly leave the body to be 'at home with the Lord.' To die in Christ is to be in His immediate presence.

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• Phil 1:20–24According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
• 2 Cor 5:6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
• John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
• 2 Cor 12:2–3I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
• Ps 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• 2 Tim 4:7–8I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
• Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
• Ps 73:23–26Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
• 2 Cor 5:9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
• 1 Th 4:17–18Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
• 2 Pet 3:11–12Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
• John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• Rev 7:14–17And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Matt 25:23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• Luke 2:29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
• Matt 25:21His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• 2 Pet 1:14–15Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
• Rev 22:3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
• Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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