G1553–ἐκδημέω–ekdēmeō

Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

ἐκδημοῦμεν ekdēmoumen “we are absent”

We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

ἐκδημῆσαι ekdēmēsai “to be absent”

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

ἐκδημοῦντες, ekdēmountes “being away,”