¹⁶ Therefore we do not lose heart.^(A) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly^(B) we are being renewed^(C) day by day. ¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.^{(D) 18} So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,^(E) since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Awaiting the New Body

5 For we know that if the earthly^(F) tent^(G) we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. ² Meanwhile we groan,^(H) longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,^{(I) 3} because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ⁴ For while we are in this tent, we groan^(J) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,^(K) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. ⁵ Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.^(L)

⁶ Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. ⁷ For we live by faith, not by sight.^{(M) 8} We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.^{(N) 9} So we make it our goal to please him,^(O) whether we are at home in the body or away from it. ¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us^(P) for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.