Awaiting the New Body

5 For we know that if the earthly^(A) tent^(B) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

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.

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