1. For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2. For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly habitation
3. if indeed, when we have taken it off, we shall not be found naked.
4. For while we are in this tent we groan and are weighed down, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
5. Now the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a first installment.
6. So we are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,
7. for we walk by faith, not by sight.
8. Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.
9. Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away.
10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil.
11. Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we are clearly apparent to God, and I hope we are also apparent to your consciousness.
12. We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you an opportunity to boast of us, so that you may have something to say to those who boast of external appearance rather than of the heart.
13. For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are rational, it is for you.