2 Corinthians 5:1–10

The Temporal and Eternal

¹For we know that if ¹the ^aearthly ^btent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house ^cnot made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

²For indeed in this house we ^agroan, longing to be ^bclothed with our dwelling from heaven,

³inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.

⁴For indeed while we are in this tent, we ^agroan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be ^bclothed, so that what is ^cmortal will be swallowed up by life.

⁵Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who ^agave to us the Spirit as a ¹pledge.

⁶Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that ^awhile we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—

⁷for ^awe walk by faith, not by ¹sight—

⁸we are of good courage, I say, and ^aprefer rather to be absent from the body and ^bto be at home with the Lord.

⁹Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be ^apleasing to Him.

¹⁰For we must all appear before ^athe judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for ¹his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.