2 Corinthians 4:17 · KJV
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;”
— 2 Corinthians 4:17
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.
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.
2 Corinthians 4 — Context
For all things {are} for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.
17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding {and} eternal weight of glory;
18While 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.
Cross References
Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time {are} not worthy {to be compared} with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.
Romans 5:3-5
And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
James 1:12
Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Hebrews 12:10-11
For they verily for a few days chastened {us} after their own pleasure; but he for {our} profit, that {we} might be partakers of his holiness. {after...: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them}
James 1:3-4
Knowing {this}, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
1 Peter 1:6-8
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, {even} as by the Spirit of the Lord. {by the...: or, of the Lord the Spirit}