⁴³ And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in ^(A)paradise.”

Our Heavenly Dwelling

5 For we know that if ^(A)the tent that is ^(B)our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, ^(C)a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

⁶ So we are always of good courage. We know that ^(A)while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,

⁸ Yes, we are of good courage, and we ^(A)would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

^23 (A)I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is ^(B)to depart and ^(C)be with Christ, for that is far better.

²³ and to ^(A)the assembly^[a] of the firstborn who are ^(B)enrolled in heaven, and to ^(C)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,