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 For we live by faith, not by sight.^{(A) 8} We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.^(B)

²¹ For to me, to live is Christ^(A) and to die is gain.

²³ I am torn between the two: I desire to depart^(A) and be with Christ,^(B) which is better by far; ²⁴ but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.