2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
In Context
8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:9For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
2 Corinthians 4:18So 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.
Hebrews 10:38But the righteous will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
1 Peter 1:8Though you have not known Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:2-12
The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. ( a. d. 57.) 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up… Read the whole commentary →