2 Corinthians 5:9

Wherefore we also strive, that, whether at home or absent, we may be well pleasing to him.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

In Context

8we are confident, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

10For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to the things which he did, whether good or bad.

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Cross References

John 6:27Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you; for him the Father, God, has sealed,

Romans 14:8For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

Romans 15:20being emulous so to preach the good news, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another's foundation;

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:8we are confident, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:2-12

The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. ( a. d. 57.) 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up… Read the whole commentary →

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