2 Corinthians 4:10–5:10

¹⁰We always carry the death of Jesus ^uin our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ¹¹For we who live are always given over to death ^vbecause of Jesus, so that Jesus’ life may also be revealed in our mortal flesh. ¹²So death works in us, but life in you. ¹³And since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, ^wxwe also believe, and therefore speak. ¹⁴We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus ^yand present us with you. ¹⁵Indeed, everything is for your benefit, so that grace, extended through more and more people, may cause thanksgiving ^zto increase to God’s glory.

¹⁶Therefore we do not give up. ^aEven though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person ^bis being renewed day by day. ¹⁷For our momentary light affliction ^cdis producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. ^e18So we do not focus on what is seen, ^fbut on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Our Future after Death

5For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling ^ghis destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling ⁱin the heavens, ^jnot made with hands. ^k2Indeed, we groan in this body, desiring ^lto put on our dwelling from heaven, ³since, when we are clothed, ^mwe will not be found naked. ⁿ⁴Indeed, 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 ^omay be swallowed up by life. ⁵And 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, ^pnot by sight, ^q8and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord. ^r9Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing ^sto Him. ¹⁰For we must all appear before the tribunal ^tof Christ, ^uso that each may be repaid ^vfor what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.