In order to live the Purpose-driven Life®, we must (according to the example of a certain Purpose-driven® author) search several Bible translations to find the one that suits us best. So here you go: your purpose in six different translations. Take your pick, and go to it.

2 Corinthians 5:9

Wycliffe: And therfor we stryuen, whether absent, whether present, to plese hym.

Geneva: Wherefore also we couet, that both dwelling at home, and remouing from home, we may be acceptable to him.

KJV: Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

NKJV: Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

NASB: Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.

ESV: So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.