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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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