³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, ^(A)I will come again and receive you to Myself, that ^(B)where I am, there you may be also.

²⁴ Father, I desire that ^(A)they also, whom You have given Me, ^(B)be with Me where I am, so that they may see My ^(C)glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before ^(D)the foundation of the world.

⁸ we are of good courage and ^(A)prefer rather to be absent from the body and ^(B)to be at home with the Lord.

²³ But I am hard-pressed ^[a]between the two, having the ^(A)desire to depart and ^(B)be with Christ, for that is very much better,

¹⁷ Then ^(A)we who are alive ^[a]and remain will be ^(B)caught up together with them ^(C)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always ^(D)be with the Lord.