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


In Context

6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

7 We live by faith, not by sight.

8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

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

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

2nd Corinthians 5:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:9And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Why we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.