2 Corinthians 5:7
(for we walk by faith, not by sight,) we are confident, I say,
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
In Context
8and well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 13:12For we see now as through a mirror obscurely: but then we shall see face to face. Now I know but in part, but then I shall know even as I am known.
2 Corinthians 4:18for those, which are visible, are temporary, but the invisible are eternal.
Hebrews 10:38and the just shall live by faith, but if any draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
1 Peter 1:8whom having not seen ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy ineffable and full of glory; receiving the end of your faith,
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 →