2 Corinthians 5:9

And therfor we stryuen, whether absent, whether present, to plese hym.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8But we ben hardi, and han good wille, more to be in pilgrymage fro the bodi, and to be present to God.

10For it bihoueth vs alle to be schewid bifor the trone of Crist, that euery man telle the propre thingis of the bodi, as he hath don, ethir good, ether yuel.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:7Whether not if thou schalt do wel, thou schalt resseyue; but if thou doist yuele, thi synne schal be present anoon in the yatis? but the desir therof schal be vndur thee, and thou schalt be lord therof.

John 6:27Worche ye not mete that perischith, but that dwellith in to euerlastynge lijf, which mete mannys sone schal yyue to you; for God the fadir hath markid hym.

Romans 14:8For whether we lyuen, we lyuen to the Lord; and whethir we dien, we dien to the Lord. Therfor whethir we lyuen or dien, we ben of the Lord.

Romans 15:20And so Y haue prechid this gospel, not where Crist was named, lest Y bilde vpon anotheres ground, but as it is writun,

1 Corinthians 15:58Therfore, my dereworthe britheren, be ye stidefast, and vnmouable, beynge plenteuouse in werk of the Lord, euere more witynge that youre trauel is not idel in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:8But we ben hardi, and han good wille, more to be in pilgrymage fro the bodi, and to be present to God.

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