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

¹⁶ Hence I never lose heart; though my outward man decays, my inner man is renewed day after day. ¹⁷ The slight trouble of the passing hour results in a solid glory past all comparison, ¹⁸ for those of us whose eyes are on the unseen, not on the seen; for the seen is transient, the unseen eternal.

¹ I know that if this earthly tent of mine is taken down, I get a home from God, made by no human hands, eternal in the heavens. ² It makes me sigh indeed, this yearning to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation, ³ since I am sure that once so covered I shall not be 'naked' at the hour of death. ⁴ I do sigh within this tent of mine with heavy anxiety ??not that I want to be stripped, no, but to be under the cover of the other, to have my mortal element absorbed by life. ⁵ I am prepared for this change by God, who has given me the Spirit as its pledge and instalment.

⁶ Come what may, then, I am confident; I know that while I reside in the body I am away from the Lord ⁷ (for I have to lead my life in faith, without seeing him): 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.