2 Corinthians 4:18

while we don’t look 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.

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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 affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

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Cross References

Matthew 25:46These 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 assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,

1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

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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