2 Corinthians 4:16-2 Corinthians 5:10 - Living By Faith
16 We do not give up! Though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 17 Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us. 18 We do not look at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen. For the things that are seen are temporal (for a season). But the things that are not seen are eternal.
1 We know that if our earthly house (human body) (habitation of life) is destroyed; we have a building from God. It is an everlasting house in the heavens, not made with human hands. 2 In this we sigh (in silent prayer), longing to be clothed with our habitation that is from heaven. 3 Indeed being clothed we will not be found naked. 4 While in this tabernacle we groan and sigh with prayer. We are concerned that we would be clothed with what is mortal and be swallowed up (devoured) by this life. 5 He that prepared us for this very purpose is God. He gave the Spirit to us as a guarantee (pledge) (security).
6 We are always confident for we know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. 7 We walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are of good courage, I say, and are willing to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord. 9 We make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to him. 10 We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether it is good or bad.