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2 Corinthians 4:18

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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.

While {G4648} we {G2257} look {G4648} not {G3361} at {G4648} the things which are seen {G991}, but {G235} at the things which are {G991} not {G3361} seen {G991}: for {G1063} the things which are seen {G991} are temporal {G4340}; but {G1161} the things which are {G991} not {G3361} seen {G991} are eternal {G166}.

We concentrate not on what is seen but on what is not seen, since things seen are temporary, but things not seen are eternal.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Corinthians 5:7 (95 votes)

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

  • Romans 8:24 (78 votes)

    For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

  • Romans 8:25 (78 votes)

    But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].

  • Hebrews 11:1 (66 votes)

    ¶ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

  • 1 John 2:16 (42 votes)

    For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  • 1 John 2:17 (42 votes)

    And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  • Hebrews 11:13 (34 votes)

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.