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6 So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord.
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Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
7 For we live by believing and not by seeing.
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For we live by faith, not by sight.
8 Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.
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We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
9 So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.
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So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.
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