2 Corinthians 5:6
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6 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.
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2 Corinthians 5:1
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New Bodies
5 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
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Hebrews 11:13
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13 All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth.
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Philippians 3:20-21
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20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. 21 He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.
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Revelation 1:9
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Vision of the Son of Man
9 I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus.
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1 Peter 5:1
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Advice for Elders and Young Men
5 And now, a word to you who are elders in the churches. I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ. And I, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to you:
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Hebrews 10:35
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35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!
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2 Corinthians 5:8
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8 Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.
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Isaiah 36:4
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Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
4 Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah:
“This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
Isaiah 30:15
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15 This is what the Sovereign Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me
and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
But you would have none of it.
Proverbs 14:26
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26 Those who fear the Lord are secure;
he will be a refuge for their children.
Psalm 119:19
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19 I am only a foreigner in the land.
Don’t hide your commands from me!
Psalm 39:12
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12 Hear my prayer, O Lord!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest—
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
Psalm 27:3-4
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3 Though a mighty army surrounds me,
my heart will not be afraid.
Even if I am attacked,
I will remain confident.
4 The one thing I ask of the Lord—
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
delighting in the Lord’s perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.
Hebrews 13:14
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14 For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.
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