2 CORINTHIANS 5:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.”
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it — present and future life share a single aim: pleasing God (euarestos autō). Living or dying, the Christian's north star is divine pleasure. This grounds ethics and perseverance in a unified eschatology.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 5:9
“Wherefore also we make it our aim whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing unto him.” 'For what we seek for is this,' says he, 'whether we be there or here, to live according to His will; for this is the principal thing. So that by this you have the kingdom already in possession without a probation.' For lest when they had arrived at so great a desire of being there, they should again be disquieted at its being so long first, in this he gives them already the chief of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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