2 Corinthians 5:9
We are assiduous, that whether we are absent, or whether at home, we may please him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
In Context
8therefore we are confident, and desirous to be away from the body, and to be with our Lord.
Cross References
John 6:27Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that abideth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give to you; for him hath God the Father sealed.
Romans 14:8Because, if we live, to our Lord it is we live; or if we die, to our Lord it is we die. Whether we live, therefore, or whether we die, we are our Lord's.
Romans 15:20while I was careful not to preach where the name of Messiah had been invoked, lest I should build upon another man's foundation;
1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my brethren and my beloved, be ye steadfast, and be not vacillating; but be ye at all times abundant in the work of the Lord; seeing ye know, that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8therefore we are confident, and desirous to be away from the body, and to be with our 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 →