9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
9 Wherefore G1352 we labour, G5389 that, G2532 whether G1535 present G1736 or G1535 absent, G1553 we may be G1511 accepted G2101 of him. G846
9 Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
9 Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
9 Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 5
The apostle proceeds in showing the reasons why they did not faint under their afflictions, namely, their expectation, desire, and assurance of happiness after death (v. 1-5), and deduces an inference for the comfort of believers in their present state (v. 6-8), and another to quicken them in their duty (v. 9-11). Then he makes an apology for seeming to commend himself, and gives a good reason for his zeal and diligence (v. 12-15), and mentions two things that are necessary in order to our living to Christ, regeneration and reconciliation (v. 16-21).
2Cr 5:1-11
The apostle in these verses pursues the argument of the former chapter, concerning the grounds of their courage and patience under afflictions. And,
2Cr 5:12-15
Here observe,
2Cr 5:16-21
In these verses the apostle mentions two things that are necessary in order to our living to Christ, both of which are the consequences of Christ's dying for us; namely, regeneration and reconciliation.