2 Corinthians 4:18

while I am gazing not at things seen, but at things unseen; for things seen are temporal, but things unseen are eternal.

Montgomery New Testament

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 my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

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Cross References

Matthew 25:46"And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

2 Corinthians 5:7for I am walking by faith, not by sight.

Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the title-deed of things hoped for; the putting to the proof of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the proud glory 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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