3. After we have put it on, we won’t be naked.
4. While we are in this tent, we sigh. We feel distressed because we don’t want to take off the tent, but we do want to put on the eternal house. Then ⌊eternal⌋ life will put an end to our mortal existence.
5. God has prepared us for this and has given us his Spirit to guarantee it.
6. So we are always confident. We know that as long as we are living in these bodies, we are living away from the Lord.
7. Indeed, our lives are guided by faith, not by sight.
8. We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.
9. Whether we live in the body or move out of it, our goal is to be pleasing to him.
10. All of us must appear in front of Christ’s judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.
11. As people who know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. God already knows what we are, and I hope that you also know what we are.
12. We are not trying to show you our qualifications again, but we are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us. Then you can answer those who are proud of their appearance rather than their character.
13. So if we were crazy, it was for God. If we are sane, it is for you.