So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.

所以，无论是住在身内，离开身外，我们立了志向，要得主的喜悦。

所以，无论是住在身内或住在身外，我们都立了志向要得主的喜悦。

所以，无论是住在身内或住在身外，我们都立了志向要得主的喜悦。

因此，我们立定心志，无论是住在肉身之内还是离开肉身，都要取悦主。

因此，我们立定志向，无论住在身内或是与身体分开，都要讨主的喜悦。

所以我们立定心志，无论是住在身体里，还是离开身体，都要得主的喜悦，

所以，無論是住在身內，離開身外，我們立了志向，要得主的喜悅。

所以，無論是住在身內或住在身外，我們都立了志向要得主的喜悅。

所以，無論是住在身內或住在身外，我們都立了志向要得主的喜悅。

因此，我們立定心志，無論是住在肉身之內還是離開肉身，都要取悅主。

因此，我們立定志向，無論住在身內或是與身體分開，都要討主的喜悅。

所以無論是住在身內，或是出外離身，我們都懷着大志、要讓主喜歡。

所以我們立定心志，無論是住在身體裡，還是離開身體，都要得主的喜悅，

故或居或離、惟務為主悅納、

或存於身、或離於身、甚慕為主悅納、

因此、無論居於身、離於身、惟務得主悅納、

總之、無論離鄉或在家、吾人之惟一企圖、亦在悅樂天心而已。

So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

So we try our best to please him. We want to please him whether we are at home in our bodies or away from them.

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him.

Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well- pleasing unto him.

Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too.

Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.

This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and particularly of all believers.

Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.

So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”

My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church has already been started by someone else.

So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.

Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.

I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices, because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

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.

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.

So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

If we live, it’s to honor the Lord. And if we die, it’s to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.

But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”

So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.