Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Hence also I am eager to satisfy him, whether in the body or away from it;
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.
Anderson New Testament
For this reason we also endeavor, whether we remain in the body or depart from it, to be acceptable to him.
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.
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 and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord. 9 Hence also I am eager to satisfy him, whether in the body or away from it; 10 for we have all to appear without disguise before the tribunal of Christ, each to be requited for what he has done with his body, well or ill.
Cross References
John 6:27
Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."
Acts 10:35
but that he who reverences Him and lives a good life in any nation is welcomed by Him.
Romans 14:8
if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. Thus we are the Lord's whether we live or die;
Romans 14:18
he who serves Christ on these lines, is acceptable to God and esteemed by men.
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air ??27 no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.
2 Corinthians 5:6
Come what may, then, I am confident; I know that while I reside in the body I am away from the Lord
2 Corinthians 5:8
and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.
Ephesians 1:6
redounding to the praise of his glorious grace bestowed on us in the Beloved,
Colossians 1:10
so that you may lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and give him entire satisfaction. May you be fruitful and increase in the doing of all good, as you thus know God!
Colossians 1:29
I labour for that end, striving for it with the divine energy which is a power within me.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
also, endeavour to live quietly, attend to your own business, and ??as we charged you ??work with your hands,
1 Timothy 4:10
that "we toil and strive because our hope is fixed upon the living God, the Saviour of all men" ??of believers in particular.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore let us render thanks that we get an unshaken realm; and in this way let us worship God acceptably ??29 but with godly fear and awe, for our God is indeed a consuming fire.
2 Peter 1:10-11
So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;
2 Peter 3:14
Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.