What does 2 Corinthians 4:18 mean?

2 Corinthians 4:18 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

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2 Corinthians 4:18 Meaning

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.

Context Explained

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.

Key Themes

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Source: 2 Corinthians 4:18