1. For we know that, when our earthly house of this habitation is dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2. And for this reason also, we groan, desiring to be clothed from above with our habitation from heaven.
3. If we are so clothed, then we will not be found to be naked.
4. Then too, we who are in this tabernacle groan under the burden, because we do not want to be stripped, but rather to be clothed from above, so that what is mortal may be absorbed by life.
5. Now the One who accomplishes this very thing in us is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
6. Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.
7. For we walk by means of faith, and not by sight.
8. So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.
9. And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him.
10. For it is necessary for us to be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the proper things of the body, according to his behavior, whether it was good or evil.
11. Therefore, having knowledge of the fear of the Lord, we appeal to men, but we are made manifest before God. Yet I hope, too, that we may be made manifest in your consciences.