2 Corinthians 4:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen <FI>are<Fi> temporary, but the things not seen <FI>are<Fi> age-during.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 4:18 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 16:25He is also to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
- Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Romans 8:24For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
- 2 Corinthians 5:7For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
- Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
- Hebrews 11:13All 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.
- Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
- Hebrews 12:2Let 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.
- 1 John 2:16For 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.
- 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
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