Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xii Pg 21
2 Cor. v. 6.
moreover, that we ought on this account to prefer5759 5759 Boni ducere.
“rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord,”5760 5760
Anf-03 v.viii.xliii Pg 3
2 Cor. v. 6, 7.
it is manifest that in this statement there is no design of disparaging the flesh, as if it separated us from the Lord. For there is here pointedly addressed to us an exhortation to disregard this present life, since we are absent from the Lord as long as we are passing through it—walking by faith, not by sight; in other words, in hope, not in reality. Accordingly he adds: “We are indeed confident and deem it good rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord;”7567 7567
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 5
VERSE (6) - :8 Ps 27:3,4 Pr 14:26 Isa 30:15; 36:4 Heb 10:35 1Pe 5:1 Re 1:9