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

¹⁶ Wherefore, we are not wearied: but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our exceeding tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepareth an exceeding and eternal weight of glory unto us, ¹⁸ while we look not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen. For things which are seen, are temporal: but things which are not seen are eternal.

¹ We know surely if our earthy mansion wherein we now dwell were destroyed, that we have a building ordained of God, a habitation not made with hands, but eternal in heaven: ² And herefore sigh we, desiring to be clothed with our mansion which is from heaven: ³ so yet if it happen that we be found clothed, and not naked. ⁴ For as long as we are in this tabernacle, we sigh and are grieved: for we would not be unclothed: but would be clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. ⁵ He that hath ordained us for this thing, is God: which very same hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit.

⁶ Therefore, we are always of good cheer, and know well that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from God. ⁷ For we walk in faith and see not. ⁸ Nevertheless we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. ⁹ Wherefore, whether we be at home, or from home, we endeavor our selves to please him. ¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every man may receive the works of his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.