2 Corinthians 5:1-10 - Absent From The Body And At Home With The Lord

¹ For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ² For in this tent I am groaning, earnestly longing to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation; if so be that being so covered, ³ I shall not be found naked. ⁴ For in this tent of mine I am groaning in deep trouble; not that I wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up in life. ⁵ And He who has wrought me out for this very end is God, who has given me his Spirit as pledge.

⁶ Therefore I am always of good courage, because I well know that while I am at home in the body, I am in banishment from the Lord, ⁷ for I am walking by faith, not by sight. ⁸ So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord. ⁹ And for this reason I also make it home with the Lord. ¹⁰ For we must all be made manifest, in our true characters, before the Judgment-seat of Christ; so that each one may receive according to that which he has done in his body, whether good or evil.