The Believer In the Body and Out of the Body

<p>Exposition of the theme based on the following biblical text: "Now God himself prepared us for this, giving us the pledge of the Spirit. We are therefore always of good cheer, knowing that while in the body we are absent from the Lord; since we walk by faith and not by sight. However, we are in full confidence, preferring to leave the body and dwell with the Lord. That is why we also strive, whether present or absent, to be pleasing to him. Because it is important that everyone let us appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive according to the good or evil he has done in the body." (2 Corinthians 5: 5-10)</p>