l. Luke 23:43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 2 Cor 5:6,8. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.... We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Phil 1:23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.