Present [adjective, adverb] being yet present with you, John 14:25. when I would do good, evil is present with me, Rom. 7:21. things present, or things to come, 1Â Cor. 3:22. absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged, 1Â Cor. 5:3. this is good for the present distress, 1Â Cor. 7:26. no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, Heb. 12:11. I speak unto you as if ye were present, Morm. 8:35. all things are present before mine eyes, D&C 38:2 (Moses 1:6).