| Verse Reference | Verse Text |
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| 2Co 5:8 | We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. |
| Phi 1:27 | Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; |
| Col 2:5 | For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. |