5For we know that if our earthly house, the tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. ²For indeed, in this house we groan, because we^* desire to put on our dwelling from heaven, ³if indeed, even after we^* have taken it off,^a we will not be found naked. ⁴For indeed we who are in this tent groan, being burdened for this reason, that^b we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. ⁵Now the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the down payment, the Spirit.

⁶Therefore, although we are^* always confident and know that while we^* are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—⁷for we live by faith, not by sight—⁸so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. ⁹Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home in the body or absent from the body, to be acceptable to him. ¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive back the things through the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

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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

*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“desire”) which is understood as causal
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have taken off”) which is understood as temporal
aA number of important early manuscripts read “have put it on” here
bLiterally “in that”
*Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“confident”) which is understood as concessive
*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are at home”) which is understood as temporal