2 Corinthians 5:1–10

Awaiting the New Body

5For we know that if the earthly^s tent^t we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. ²Meanwhile we groan,^u longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,^{v 3}because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ⁴For while we are in this tent, we groan^w and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,^x so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. ⁵Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.^y

⁶Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. ⁷For we live by faith, not by sight.^{z 8}We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.^{a 9}So we make it our goal to please him,^b whether we are at home in the body or away from it. ¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us^c for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.