2 Corinthians 5:9
2 Corinthians 5:9 New International Version (NIV)
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
2 Corinthians 5:9 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
2 Corinthians 5:9-10 The Message (MSG)
But neither exile nor homecoming is the main thing. Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that’s what we aim to do, regardless of our conditions. Sooner or later we’ll all have to face God, regardless of our conditions. We will appear before Christ and take what’s coming to us as a result of our actions, either good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:9 King James Version (KJV)
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
2 Corinthians 5:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.
2 Corinthians 5:9 New Century Version (NCV)
Our only goal is to please God whether we live here or there
2 Corinthians 5:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
2 Corinthians 5:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
2 Corinthians 5:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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.