2 Corinthians 5:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing  to him.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him.

2 Corinthians 5:9 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 4:7

If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.’

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring them to my holy mountain and let them rejoice in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.’

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that perishes   but for the food that lasts for eternal life,   which the Son of Man   will give you, because God the Father   has set his seal of approval on him.’

Acts 10:35

but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

Romans 14:18

Whoever serves Christ  in this way is acceptable to God and receives human approval.

Romans 14:8

If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Romans 15:20

My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named,  so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work,  because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:8

In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of his glorious grace  that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work  and growing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 1:29

I labour for this, striving  with his strength that works powerfully in me.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Additionally then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received instruction from us on how you should live and please God #– #as you are doing   #– #do this even more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to seek to lead a quiet life,  to mind your own business,  and to work  with your own hands, as we commanded you,

1 Timothy 4:10

For this reason we labour and strive,  because we have put our hope in the living God,  who is the Saviour  of all people,  especially of those who believe.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Hebrews 4:11

Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found without spot or blemish in his sight, at peace.