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(for we walk by faith, not by appearance[a])— yet we are confident[b] and prefer rather to get-away-from-home, out of the body, and to get-at-home with the Lord.

Therefore We Are Ambitious To Please Him By Persuading People

Therefore[c] we indeed are ambitious[d] to be pleasing to Him— whether being at-home or being away-from-home.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:7 Or, sight, what is seen.
  2. 2 Corinthians 5:8 That is, in the future life that awaits us when we die.
  3. 2 Corinthians 5:9 We do not lose heart, looking to the next life, 4:16-5:8. Now positively, we are ambitious, looking to what remains of earthly life.
  4. 2 Corinthians 5:9 Or, make it our aim.

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