2 Corinthians 5:8 Cross References - Riverside

⁸ I say we are of good courage and wish rather to live in the land foreign to the body and be at home with the Lord.

²¹ His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will place you over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

²³ His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a few things, I will place you over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

²⁹ "Now, O Lord, thou art letting thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.

³ For I am going to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

²⁴ Father, those thou didst give me — I will that they also may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

¹³ Paul answered, "What are you accomplishing by weeping and breaking my heart? For I hold myself ready not only to be bound, but to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

⁶ So being always of good courage and knowing that while living at home in the body we are living in a foreign land away from the Lord —

⁹ Therefore also we are ambitious to be pleasing to him, whether at home with him or in this foreign land.

² I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago — whether in the body I know not, or out of the body I know not; God knows — such a man caught up to the third heaven. ³ I know such a man — whether in the body or out of the body I know not; God knows —

²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope that I may be put to shame in nothing, but with all courage, as always, so now Christ may be honored in my body, whether by my life or by my death. ²¹ For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. ²² If it is to be life in the flesh, that means fruitful work for me. I know not which to choose. ²³ I am under pressure both ways, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for it is far better, ²⁴ yet that I should stay in the flesh is more needful on your account.

¹⁷ Then we, the living, who are left, will be caught up along with them into the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall forever be with the Lord. ¹⁸ So encourage one another with these words.

⁷ I have played the grand hard game, I have finished my race, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Now the crown of righteousness is awaiting me. The Lord the righteous judge will give it to me on that day, and not only to me but to all those who have loved his appearing.

¹⁴ since I know that the laying aside of my tent will come soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made plain to me. ¹⁵ I will endeavor also on every occasion to make it so that after my going you shall have these things in memory.

¹¹ Since all of these things are to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in holy lives and piety, ¹² you who are looking for and hastening toward the coming of the day of God, when the blazing heavens will be dissolved and the burning elements melted?

² Beloved, we are now children of God and it is not yet plain what we shall be. But we know that if he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

¹⁴ I said to him, "My Lord, you know." He said to me, "These have come out of the great distress and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ For this reason they are before the throne of God and worship him day and night in his Temple, and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. ¹⁶ They will not hunger any more nor thirst any more, nor will the sun strike on them nor any burning heat, ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the center before the throne will be their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

³ There will no longer be any accursed thing. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it and his servants will worship him with holy rites.