2 Corinthians 5:1–10

OUR FUTURE AFTER DEATH

5For we know that if our earthly tent we live in^r is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens,^s not made with hands.^{t 2}Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring^u to put on our heavenly dwelling, ³since, when we are clothed,^B we will not be found naked.^{v 4}Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality^w may be swallowed up by life. ⁵Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

⁶So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. ⁷For we walk by faith,^x not by sight.^{y 8}In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.^{z 9}Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing^aa to him. ¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment seat^ab of Christ,^ac so that each may be repaid^ad for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.