2 Corinthians 4:18 · KJV
“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 4:18
2 Corinthians 4 — Context
For 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
2 Corinthians 5:7
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Romans 8:24-25
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?
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence}
1 John 2:16-17
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 2:25
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, {even} eternal life.
Hebrews 11:13
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. {in faith: Gr. according to faith}
Hebrews 12:2-3
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of {our} faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. {author: or, beginner}
Hebrews 11:25-27
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;