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2 Corinthians 5:6

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

2 Corinthians 5:6 BSB

2 Corinthians 5:6 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Corinthians 5:1 (5 votes) and Philippians 3:20–21 (5 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 47 to Revelation 1.

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Which verses does 2 Corinthians 5:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:15 votes

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

  2. Philippians 3:20–215 votes

    But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

  3. Psalm 39:124 votes

    Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

  4. Hebrews 11:134 votes

    All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

  5. Hebrews 13:144 votes

    For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

  6. 1 Chronicles 29:153 votes

    For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

  7. Psalm 27:3–43 votes

    Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust. One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

  8. Proverbs 14:263 votes

    He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

  9. 2 Corinthians 5:83 votes

    We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

  10. Hebrews 10:353 votes

    So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

  11. Isaiah 30:152 votes
  12. Isaiah 36:42 votes
  13. Revelation 1:92 votes
  14. Psalm 119:191 vote
  15. 1 Peter 5:11 vote

Which verses point to 2 Corinthians 5:6?

The 10 strongest of 18.