1 | For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. |
2 | Here indeed we groan, and long to put on our heavenly dwelling, |
3 | so that by putting it on we may not be found naked. |
4 | For while we are still in this tent, we sigh with anxiety; not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. |
5 | He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. |
6 | So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, |
7 | for we walk by faith, not by sight. |
8 | We are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. |
9 | So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. |
10 | For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body. |