2 Corinthians 5:9 - King James Version - American Edition

⁹ Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of 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 thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door: and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Isaiah 56:7

even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.

John 6:27

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Acts 10:35

but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Romans 14:18

For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

Romans 14:8

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

Romans 15:20

Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

2 Corinthians 5:8

we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved:

Colossians 1:10

that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Colossians 1:29

whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

1 Timothy 4:10

For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

Hebrews 4:11

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

2 Peter 3:14

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.