2 Corinthians 5:9
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Context
This verse from 2 Corinthians Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The tent of this earthly life will be dissolved and replaced by an eternal house from God. Paul is convinced that absent from the body means present with the Lord. We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. …
Andere Übersetzungen
Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
Querverweise
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. …
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt …
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of …
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we …
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another …
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached …
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know …