¹We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn’t made by human hands. ²In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven. ³After we have put it on,^awe won’t be naked. ⁴While we are in this tent, we sigh. We feel distressed because we don’t want to take off the tent, but we do want to put on the eternal house. Then ⸤eternal⸥ life will put an end to our mortal existence. ⁵God has prepared us for this and has given us his Spirit to guarantee it.

⁶So we are always confident. We know that as long as we are living in these bodies, we are living away from the Lord. ⁷Indeed, our lives are guided by faith, not by sight. ⁸We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord. ⁹Whether we live in the body or move out of it, our goal is to be pleasing to him. ¹⁰All of us must appear in front of Christ’s judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.

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2 Corinthians 5:8: Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Footnotes

a 5:3 Some manuscripts and translations read “taken it off.”