--- title: "2 Corinthians 5:8-20 KJV - \"We are confident, I say, and willing r...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that\" — Read 2 Corinthians 5:8-20 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/2-corinthians/5/8-20" --- [ Read](/kjv/2-corinthians/5)[ Commentary](/study/2-corinthians/5)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/2-corinthians/5) Audio ## 2 Corinthians 5:8-20 in Context (Verses 5–21 KJV) [5 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/5) Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing *is* God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. [6 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/6) Therefore *we are* always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: [7 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/7) (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) [8 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/8) We are confident, *I say*, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. [9 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/9) Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. [10 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/10) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things *done* in *his* body, according to that he hath done, whether *it be* good or bad. [11 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/11) Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. [12 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/12) For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to *answer* them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. [13 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/13) For whether we be beside ourselves, *it is* to God: or whether we be sober, *it is* for your cause. [14 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/14) For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: [15 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/15) And *that* he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. [16 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/16) Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we *him* no more. [17 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/17) Therefore if any man *be* in Christ, *he is* a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. [18 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/18) And all things *are* of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; [19 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/19) To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. [20 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/20) Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech *you* by us: we pray *you* in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. [21 ](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/21) For he hath made him *to be* sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 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