Verse
2 Corinthians 4:18 — While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things…
“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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The verses around 2 Corinthians 4:18.
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.
Verse explanation
He closes the chapter with the principle underlying it all: to focus not on what is seen (physical, passing suffering), but on what is not seen (the spiritual, eternal reality), because only that second thing lasts forever.
From the 2 Corinthians 4 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Corinthians 4:18 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Não attentando nós nas coisas que se vêem, mas nas que se não vêem; porque as que se vêem são temporaes, e as que se não vêem são eternas.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Por isso nós não prestamos atenção para as coisas visíveis, mas sim para as invisíveis; porque as coisas visíveis são temporárias, mas as invisíveis são eternas.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
No nos interesa lo visible, porque aspiramos a lo invisible. Lo que vemos es temporal, pero lo que no vemos es eterno.
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