2 Corinthians 5:7

⁵Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

⁶Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

⁷(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)for we walk by faith, not by sight.

⁸We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

⁹Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.