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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:8 we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
Bible Question (short): What happens after Christians die? |
Question (full): Bible says, to be absent from body, is to be present with the Lord. Yet it also tells us the dead in Christ shall rise first. What happens when we die? Are we dead until Jesus comes again, or are we present with the Lord? |