2 Corinthians 5:7

⁵  Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

⁶  Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

⁷  (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

⁸  We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

⁹  Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.