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Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that (A)while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— for (B)we walk by faith, not by [a]sight— we are of good courage and (C)prefer rather to be absent from the body and (D)to be at home with the Lord. Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be (E)pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before (F)the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for [b]his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:7 Or appearance
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:10 Lit the things through the body

So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord— for we walk by faith, not by sight.(A) Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him. 10 For 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.(B)

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