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2 Corinthians 5:9

9So we try our best to please him. We want to please him whether we are at home in our bodies or away from them.

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2 Corinthians 5:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

Our only goal is to please God whether we live here or there,

2 Corinthians 5:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Whether we live in the body or move out of it, our goal is to be pleasing to him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home in the body or absent from the body, to be acceptable to him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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