2 Corinthians 4:16-2 Corinthians 5:10 - Living By Faith

¹⁶ Therefore, as I said, we do not lose heart. No, even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory; ¹⁸ We, all the while, gazing not on what is seen, but on what is unseen; for what is seen is transient, but what is unseen is imperishable.

¹ For we know that if our tent--that earthly body which is now our home--is taken down, we have a house of God's building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, in Heaven. ² Even while in our present body we sigh, longing to put over it our heavenly dwelling, ³ Sure that, when we have put it on, we shall never be found discarnate. ⁴ For we who are in this 'tent' sigh under our burden, unwilling to take it off, yet wishing to put our heavenly body over it, so that all that is mortal may be absorbed in Life. ⁵ And he who has prepared us for this change is God, who has also given us his Spirit as a pledge.

⁶ Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while our home is in the body, we are absent from our home with the Lord. ⁷ For we guide our lives by faith, and not by what we see. ⁸ And in this confidence we would gladly leave our home in the body, and make our home with the Lord. ⁹ Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him. ¹⁰ For at the Bar of the Christ we must all appear in our true characters, that each may reap the results of the life which he has lived in the body, in accordance with his actions--whether good or worthless.