2 Corinthians 5:8

5:8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away ¹  from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 10:10

10:10 because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak ²  and his speech is of no account.” ³ 

2 Corinthians 12:3

12:3 And I know that this man (whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows)

2 Corinthians 5:10

5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, ⁴  so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil. ⁵ 

2 Corinthians 12:2

12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

[5:8]  ¹ tn Or “be absent.”

[10:10]  ² tn Or “unimpressive.”

[10:10]  ³ tn Or “is contemptible”; Grk “is despised.”

[5:10]  ³ sn The judgment seat (βῆμα, bhma) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a common item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora, the public square or marketplace in the center of a city. Use of the term in reference to Christ’s judgment would be familiar to Paul’s 1st century readers.

[5:10]  ⁴ tn Or “whether good or bad.”