2 Corinthians 4:18

while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

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Cross References

Matthew 25:46"And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, but the righteous into the Life of the Ages."

2 Corinthians 5:7for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight.

Hebrews 11:1Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.

Hebrews 11:25having determined to endure ill-treatment along with the people of God rather than enjoy the short-lived pleasures of sin;

1 John 2:16For the things in the world--the cravings of the earthly nature, the cravings of the eyes, the show and pride of life--they all come, 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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