[Elsie]

You left out the FIRST of the verse:

2 Cor. 5:8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

[CynicalBear]

>>You left out the FIRST of the verse:<<

Your question was about being with the Lord when we die. Either way you look at the verse it would indicate that it was Paul’s perception that to be away from this body was to be with the Lord.