2 Corinthians 5:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ We ·live [walk] by ·what we believe [faith], not by ·what we can see [sight]. ⁸ So I say that we ·have courage [or are confident]. We really ·want [would prefer] to be ·away [absent; or exiled] from this body and be at home with the Lord. ⁹ Our only ·goal [aim; ambition] is to please ·God [^Lhim] whether we ·live here [are at home] or ·there [are absent/exiled],