2nd Corinthians Chapter 5 verse 9 Holy Bible
Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
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For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
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Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
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Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
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Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
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Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - We labour; literally, we are emulous. This, says Bengel, is "the sole legitimate ambition." The same word occurs in Romans 15:20. Whether present or absent; literally, whether at home or away from home; i.e. whether with Christ or separated from him (as in ver. 8); or, "whether in the body or out of the body" (as in ver. 6). The latter would resemble 1 Thessalonians 5:10, "That whether we wake or sleep we may live with him." We may be accepted of him; literally, to be well pleasing to him.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Wherefore we labour.--Better, we strive earnestly after. The English "labour" is quite inadequate, the Greek expressing the thought of striving, as after some honour or prize. Our ambition is that . . . we may be accepted would be, perhaps, the best equivalent. For "accepted of him" read acceptable, or better, well-pleasing to him: the Greek word implying the quality on which acceptance depends, rather than the act itself.
