Parallel Verses
Anderson New Testament
For this reason we also endeavor, whether we remain in the body or depart from it, to be acceptable to him.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be
King James Version
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Holman Bible
Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing
International Standard Version
So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him.
A Conservative Version
Therefore also we aspire, whether at home or away from home, to be well-pleasing to him.
American Standard Version
Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
Amplified
Therefore, whether we are at home [on earth] or away from home [and with Him], it is our [constant] ambition to be pleasing to Him.
An Understandable Version
So, we are also eager to please God very much, whether we are at home [in our body] or away from it.
Bible in Basic English
For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
Common New Testament
So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
wherefore I studiously endeavour, whether staying in it, or departing out of it, to be acceptable to him.
Darby Translation
Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore we are truly ambitious, whether being present or absent, to be well pleasing unto him.
Goodspeed New Testament
So whether I am at home or away from it, it is my ambition to please him.
John Wesley New Testament
Therefore we are ambitious, whether present, or absent, to be well-pleasing to him.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore also let us seek the honour, whether being at home, whether being absent, to be pleasing to him.
King James 2000
Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home [in the body] or absent [from the body], to be acceptable to him.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore we are also laboring to be well-pleasing to Him, whether at home or away from home.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore, whether we be at home, or from home, we endeavor our selves to please him.
Moffatt New Testament
Hence also I am eager to satisfy him, whether in the body or away from it;
Montgomery New Testament
And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord.
NET Bible
So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
Noyes New Testament
Wherefore we also strive that, whether at home or absent, we may be approved by him.
Sawyer New Testament
Wherefore also we strive, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore also we are ambitious - whether at home, or away from home, to be, well-pleasing unto him.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
wherefore also our ambition is, that whether dwelling in the body, or out of the body, we may be acceptable to him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.
Webster
Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by him.
Weymouth New Testament
And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly.
Williams New Testament
So whether I am at home or away from home, it is my constant ambition to please Him.
World English Bible
Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
Worrell New Testament
Wherefore, we also make it our aim??hether being at home or being from home??o be well-pleasing to Him.
Worsley New Testament
Wherefore we are also ambitious, whether dwelling in the body, or out of it, to be well-pleasing to Him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 5:9
Images 2 Corinthians 5:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absent From The Body And At Home With The Lord
8 we are confident, indeed, and would be pleased rather to depart from the body, and to dwell with the Lord. 9 For this reason we also endeavor, whether we remain in the body or depart from it, to be acceptable to him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that each may receive his reward for the things done in his body, according to what he has done, whether good or evil.
Cross References
John 6:27
Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father at tested.
Acts 10:35
but, in every nation, he that fears him and works righteousness is accepted by him.
Romans 14:8
For if we live, we live to the Lord; or if we die, we die to the Lord. "Whether, therefore, we live or die, we are the Lord s.
Romans 14:18
For he who serves the Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men.
Romans 15:20
so earnestly desirous have I been to preach the gospel, not where Christ had been named, lest I should build on another man's foundation;
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
I, therefore, so run, not as with uncertainty; I so aim my blows, not as one that beats the air;
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my be loved brethren, be firm, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore, we are always confident, especially since we know that, while living in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
2 Corinthians 5:8
we are confident, indeed, and would be pleased rather to depart from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
Ephesians 1:6
for the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he has shown us favor in the Beloved,
Colossians 1:10
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, and increasing in the knowledge, of God,
Colossians 1:29
to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and that you earnestly endeavor to live quietly, and that you attend to your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Timothy 4:10
for to this end we both labor, and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us earnestly strive, therefore, to enter into that rest, lest any one fall after the same example of unbelief.
Hebrews 12:28
Wherefore, as we receive a kingdom that can not be shaken, let us have gratitude, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear:
2 Peter 1:10-11
Wherefore, brethren, give the greater diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you will never fall.
2 Peter 3:14
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you expect such things, earnestly strive, by being spotless and blameless, to be found by him in peace: