2 Corinthians 5:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

English ASV

Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

English Amplified

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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.

English EASY 2024

But all the time we want to please the Lord. We want to do that while we are still at home in our body here on earth. We also want to please him when we go away from these bodies.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Our only goal is to always please the Lord, whether we are living here in this body or there with him.

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

More than anything else, however, we want to please him, whether in our home here or there.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

English LSB

Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So whether present or absent, we labor that we may be accepted by Him.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So we try our best to please him. We want to please him whether we are at home in our bodies or away from them.

English NIV

So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

English NKJ 1982

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

English NLT

So our aim is to please him always, whether we are here in this body or away from this body.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

So whether we live or die we make it our life’s passion to live our lives pleasing to him.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So our aim is to please him always in everything we do, whether we are here in this body or away from this body and with him in heaven.

English Tyndale 1537

Wherefore we endeavor ourselves, whether we be at home or from home, to please God.(Wherefore, whether we be at home or from home we endeavor our selves to please him.)

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