ASV: Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
BBE: For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
DBY: Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
KJV: Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
WEY: And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly.
WBS: Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by him.
WEB: Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
YLT: Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
