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Douay-Rheims
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And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him.
King James
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Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Louis Second
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C'est pour cela aussi que nous nous efforçons de lui être agréables, soit que nous demeurions dans ce corps, soit que nous le quittions
Martin Luther
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Darum fleißigen wir uns auch, wir sind daheim oder wallen, daß wir ihm wohlgefallen.
Vulgate
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et ideo contendimus sive absentes sive praesentes placere illi

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


ideo : for that reason, on that account, therefore.
sive : conj, on the one hand, but if, if..or if. * slowness, apathy, sluggishness.
illi : (neut sing. dat.) i'd give my right arm FOR THOSE (cookies).
illi : (masc. sing. dat.) He sent FOR THAT (doctor).
illi : (masc. plur. nom.) THOSE (men) are loyal to the king.
illi : (fem sing. dat.) There is a statue IN THAT (abbey).