2 Corinthians 5:1–10

⁵For we know that, if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.^{* 2}For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly dwelling, ³for surely when we have been clothed in it^s we will not be found naked. ⁴For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burden because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.^{* 5}The one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a down payment.^*

⁶So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—⁷for we walk by faith, not by sight.^{* 8}Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. ⁹So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him. ¹⁰For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive due recompense for actions done in the body, whether good or evil.^*