2 Corinthians 5:1-9

1We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn’t made by human hands.

2In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven.

3After we have put it on, we won’t be naked.

4While we are in this tent, we sigh. We feel distressed because we don’t want to take off the tent, but we do want to put on the eternal house. Then ⌞eternal⌟ life will put an end to our mortal existence.

5God has prepared us for this and has given us his Spirit to guarantee it.

6So we are always confident. We know that as long as we are living in these bodies, we are living away from the Lord.

7Indeed, our lives are guided by faith, not by sight.

8We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.

9Whether we live in the body or move out of it, our goal is to be pleasing to him.