“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord — Paul expresses preference for death and eschatological presence (ektopia pros ton kyrion), yet this is not escapism but longing. The confidence (tharrountes) recurs; it supports both persistence in embodied life and eagerness for heavenly communion.
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