2 Corinthians 4:18

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Berean Standard Bible

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 light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

2 Corinthians 5:7For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from 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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