2 Corinthians 5:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ So we also make it our aim to be well-pleasing to Him, whether being at home, or being away from home.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Therefore, whether we are at home [on earth away from Him] or away from home [and with Him], we are constantly ambitious and strive earnestly to be pleasing to Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

Common English Bible

⁹ So our goal is to be acceptable to him, whether we are at home or away from home.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 Cross References

Genesis 4:7

Is it not if you do good, you are to be accepted? And if you do not do good, towards the door is a sin. He is lying and towards you is his desire, and you must rule over him.”

Isaiah 56:7

them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their ascending offerings and their slaughterings are accepted on My slaughter-place, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

John 6:27

Do not labour for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to everlasting life, which the Son of Aḏam shall give you, for the Father, Elohim, has set His seal on Him.”

Acts 10:35

but in every nation, he who fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.

Romans 14:18

For he who is serving Messiah in these matters is well-pleasing to Elohim and approved by men.

Romans 14:8

For both, if we live, we live unto the Master, and if we die, we die unto the Master. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Master’s.

Romans 15:20

And so I was ambitious to bring the Good News where Messiah had not been named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation,

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Master, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Master.

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Master –

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are of good courage, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Master.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the esteem of His favour with which He favoured us in the Beloved,

Colossians 1:10

to walk worthily of the Master, pleasing all, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of Elohim,

Colossians 1:29

for which I also labour, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

For the rest then, brothers, we beg you and call upon you in the Master יהושע, that as you received from us how you should walk and to please Elohim, you should excel still more,

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to make it your ambition to live peaceably, and to attend to your own, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

1 Timothy 4:10

It is for this that we labour and struggle, because we trust in the living Elohim, who is the Saviour of all men, particularly of those who believe.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, receiving an unshakeable reign, let us hold the favour, through which we serve Elohim pleasingly with reverence and awe,

Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore do our utmost to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

2 Peter 3:14

So then, beloved ones, looking forward to this, do your utmost to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,