2 Corinthians 5:9
Wherefore we are also ambitious, whether dwelling in the body, or out of it, to be well-pleasing to Him.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
In Context
8and well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
Cross References
John 6:27Labour not so much for the meat that perisheth, but rather for that food which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give you: for Him hath God the Father sealed.
Romans 14:8but if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Romans 15:20being studious however so to preach the gospel, not where Christ had been named, least I should build upon another man's foundation;
1 Corinthians 15:58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, 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 well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell 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 →