2 Corinthians 4:18 “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For wha…”

2 Corinthians 4:18

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

while we don’t look 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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

While we looke not on the thinges which are seene, but on the things which are not seene: for the things which are seene, are temporall: but the things which are not seene, are eternall.

Darby Translation

while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen [are] for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.

Young's Literal Translation

we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen [are] temporary, but the things not seen [are] age-during.

Bible in Basic English

While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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Cross references

“we”

2 Corinthians 5:7 Hebrews 11:1 Hebrews 11:25–27 Romans 8:24 Romans 8:25 Hebrews 12:2

2 Corinthians 5:7 · BSB

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Hebrews 11:1 · BSB

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:25–27 · BSB

He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

Romans 8:24 · BSB

For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

Romans 8:25 · BSB

But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

Hebrews 12:2 · BSB

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

“for”

1 John 2:25 Matthew 25:46 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Leviticus 16:25 Leviticus 16:26 1 John 2:16

1 John 2:25 · BSB

And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

Matthew 25:46 · BSB

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

2 Thessalonians 2:16 · BSB

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

Leviticus 16:25 · BSB

He is also to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.

Leviticus 16:26 · BSB

The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.

1 John 2:16 · BSB

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Also

Hebrews 11:13

Hebrews 11:13 · BSB

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

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