2 Corinthians 5:9 in the World English Bible
Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
Context
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.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.