2 Corinthians 4:18

while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen [are] for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

In Context

17For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

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Cross References

Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:7(for we walk by faith, not by sight;)

Hebrews 11:1Now faith is [the] substantiating of things hoped for, [the] conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to suffer affliction along with the people of God than to have [the] temporary pleasure of sin;

1 John 2:16because all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:9-18

The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. ( a. d. 57.) 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in… Read the whole commentary →

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