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Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.
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English Standard Version
9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
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King James Version
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
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The Message Bible
9 But neither exile nor homecoming is the main thing. Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that's what we aim to do, regardless of our conditions.
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New American Standard Bible
9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.
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New International Version
9 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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New King James Version
9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
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New Living Translation
9 So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.
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New Revised Standard
9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
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American Standard Version
9 Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
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The Bible in Basic English
9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
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Common English Bible
9 So our goal is to be acceptable to him, whether we are at home or away from home.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
9 So our goal is to be acceptable to him, whether we are at home or away from home.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
9 Therefore, whether at home or away from home, we try our utmost to please him;
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The Darby Translation
9 Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
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Good News Translation
9 More than anything else, however, we want to please him, whether in our home here or there.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
9 More than anything else, however, we want to please him, whether in our home here or there.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
9 Whether we live in the body or move out of it, our goal is to be pleasing to him.
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Hebrew Names Version
9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
9 Therefore we also procure, whether present or absent, that we may please him.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
9 Wherefore we labour , that, whether present or absent , we may be accepted of him.
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Lexham English Bible
9 Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home [in the body] or absent [from the body], to be acceptable to him.
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New Century Version
9 Our only goal is to please God whether we live here or there,
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New International Reader's Version
9 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.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
9 And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him.
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Revised Standard Version
9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
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SBL Greek New Testament
9 διὸ καὶ φιλοτιμούμεθα, εἴτε ἐνδημοῦντες εἴτε ἐκδημοῦντες, εὐάρεστοι αὐτῷ εἶναι.
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Third Millennium Bible
9 Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by Him.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
9 Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by Him.
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Tyndale
9 Wherfore whether we be at home or from home we endeuoure oure selves to please him.
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The Latin Vulgate
9 et ideo contendimus sive absentes sive praesentes placere illi
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
9 et ideo contendimus sive absentes sive praesentes placere illi
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The Webster Bible
9 Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by him.
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World English Bible
9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
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Weymouth New Testament
9 And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly.
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Wycliffe
9 And therefore we strive, whether absent, whether present, to please him.
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Young's Literal Translation
9 Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
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