2 Corinthians 5:9
Wherefore we also strive that, whether at home or absent, we may be approved by him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
In Context
8and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Cross References
John 6:27Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.
Romans 14:8For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Whether then we live or die, we are the Lord's.
Romans 15:20but always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner,—not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on another's foundation,
1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8and 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 →