Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord–

所以，我们时常坦然无惧，并且晓得我们住在身内，便与主相离。

所以，我们总是勇敢的，并且知道，只要我们住在这身体内就是离开了主。

所以，我们总是勇敢的，并且知道，只要我们住在这身体内就是离开了主。

所以，我们总是坦然无惧，尽管知道住在肉身之内便无法与主在一起。

我们既然一向都是坦然无惧的，又知道住在身内就是与主分开（

因此我们总是满怀勇气，尽管知道我们还住在这身体里的时候，是与主相离的；

所以，我們時常坦然無懼，並且曉得我們住在身內，便與主相離。

所以，我們總是勇敢的，並且知道，只要我們住在這身體內就是離開了主。

所以，我們總是勇敢的，並且知道，只要我們住在這身體內就是離開了主。

所以，我們總是坦然無懼，儘管知道住在肉身之內便無法與主在一起。

我們既然一向都是坦然無懼的，又知道住在身內就是與主分開（

所以我們時常放膽無懼，曉得住在身內、便是出外離開了主；（

因此我們總是滿懷勇氣，儘管知道我們還住在這身體裡的時候，是與主相離的；

故我常坦然、知居於身、則離乎主、

故心恆安、知存於身、則離於主、

故我心毅然、且知己居於身、則離於主、

因是吾人常具大無畏精神；且深知吾人之寄於軀壳中、猶如暫別主之庭闈、而作客他鄉者也。

Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

So here is what we can always be certain about. As long as we are at home in our bodies, we are away from the Lord.

So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,

So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord.

So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—

So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.

Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord

So, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

Therefore[ we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

But our citizenship is in heaven– and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident.I have asked the LORD for one thing– this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.

For this is what the master, the LORD, the Holy One of Israel says:“ If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.

So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.

So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

The chief adviser said to them,“ Tell Hezekiah:‘ This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says:“ What is your source of confidence?