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2 Corinthians 5:7

for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

In Context

6We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;

8So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:12For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

2 Corinthians 4:18while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal.

Hebrews 10:38But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."

1 Peter 1:8Him you love, though your eyes have never looked on Him. In Him, though at present you cannot see Him, you nevertheless trust, and triumph with a joy which is unspeakable and is crowned with glory,

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 →

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