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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:6 ¶ Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:6 ¶ So then, being always filled with good courage and confident hope, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord-- |
Subject: The Soul after Death |
Bible Note: Like CDBJ, I prefer the Parousia or Second Coming, although I take an amillenial view. "Rapture" is obviously a transliteration of "rapiemur" found in the Latin Vulgate version of 1 Thes 4:16-17. Rapiemur is a Latin translation of the Greek work "arpazw" or "har-pad'-zo." 1) to seize, carry off by force 2) to seize on, claim for one's self eagerly 3) to snatch out or away . By contrast the Greek word "Parousia" found in 1 Thes 2:19 and elsewhere is translated into the Latin "adventu." Parousia translates literally into "presence" or "arrival." And what a powerful "presence" He has when He "arrives," since His mere presence will: "destroy him ( the lawless one) by His appearing and coming." 2 Thes 2:8 Emmaus |