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2 Corinthians 4:18
2 Corinthians 4:18 is verse 18 of 2 Corinthians chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
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.
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2 Corinthians 4:16–18 · Berean Standard Bible
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Corinthians 5:7For we walk by faith, not by sight.
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?
Romans 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:25He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
Hebrews 11:26He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
Hebrews 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
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.
Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Leviticus 16:25He is also to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
Leviticus 16:26The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
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,
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 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.