OET interlinear 2COR 5:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

Here, the word Therefore introduces a conclusion or inference from what Paul has said in 5:1–6. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a conclusion or inference. Alternate translation: “Because of that” or “So”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καὶ εἰδότες

and /having/_known

Here, the word and could introduce: (1) additional information. Alternate translation: “and also knowing” (2) a reason why they are courageous. Alternate translation: “because we know” (3) something that is true even though they are courageous. Alternate translation: “even though we know”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

θαρροῦντες & πάντοτε, καὶ εἰδότες ὅτι ἐνδημοῦντες ἐν τῷ σώματι, ἐκδημοῦμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου;

having_confidence & always and /having/_known that being_at_home in the body ˱we˲_/are/_being_absent from the Lord

Paul never gives a main verb to go with these statements. Instead, he introduces a parenthetical statement in the following verse and then ends the sentence. At the beginning of 5:8, he repeats the word that is translated courageous here, which indicates that he is going to resume speaking about what he started speaking about in this verse. If you can clearly indicate that Paul does not finish this sentence, you could use that form here, as the ULT does by using a dash. If your readers would find this structure confusing, you could make this verse a complete thought on its own. Alternate translation: “we are always courageous and know that being at home in the body, we are away from the Lord,”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exmetaphor

ἐνδημοῦντες ἐν τῷ σώματι, ἐκδημοῦμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου

being_at_home in the body ˱we˲_/are/_being_absent from the Lord

Here Paul continues to refer to the body as if it were a building that a person could be at home in. Express the idea as you did in 5:1–2. Alternate translation: “living in the body, as if it were a home, we are not present with the Lord”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν τῷ σώματι

in the body

Paul implies that this body is the one that people have before they die. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this more explicit. Alternate translation: “in our current body”