8 We should be cheerful, because we would rather leave these bodies and be at home with the Lord.
9 But whether we are at home with the Lord or away from him, we still try our best to please him.
10 After all, Christ will judge each of us for the good or the bad that we do while living in these bodies.
11 We know what it means to respect the Lord, and we encourage everyone to turn to him. God himself knows what we are like, and I hope you also know what kind of people we are.
12 We are not trying once more to brag about ourselves. But we want you to be proud of us, when you are with those who are not sincere and brag about what others think of them.
13 If we seem out of our minds, it is between God and us. But if we are in our right minds, it is for your good.
14 We are ruled by Christ's love for us. We are certain that if one person died for everyone else, then all of us have died.