2 Corinthians 4:18

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

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

  1. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The First Stage cites 2 Cor. 4:18

    …ich you forsake is not worthy to be compared with a little of that I am seeking to enjoy, 2 Cor. 4:18; and if you will go along with me, and hold it, you shall fare as I myself; for there, wh…

  2. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites 2 Cor. 4:18

    … for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. 4:18. But though this be so, yet since things present and our fleshly appetite are such near n…

  3. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XI. It is no sign that affections are right, or that they are wrong, that they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate cites 2 Cor. 4:18

    … to anyone who looks over the Scriptures, which speak of faith in opposition to sight; as 2 Cor. 4:18, and 5:7, Heb. 11:1, 8, 13, 17, 27, 29, Rom. 8:24, John 20:29. But this doctrine, as it i…

  4. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    A Brief Account of the Author’s Imprisonment cites 2 Cor. iv. 18

    …r the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal," 2 Cor. iv. 18. And thus I reasoned with myself, If I provide only for a prison, then the whip comes at …

  5. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

    Persecution cites 2 Cor. 4: 18

    …gs which are seen are but for a time, but the things which are not seen are for eternity (2 Cor. 4: 18). When the apostles were persecuted, even unto imprisonment and stripes, they departed fr…

  6. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Is Future Punishment Everlasting? cites 2 Cor. 4:18

    …ver-ending by specifically using it in contrast with that which does end. For example, in 2 Cor. 4:18 we read, "While we look not on the things which are seen, but the things which are unseen…

  7. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    January cites 2 Corinthians 4:18

    … this blessed truth of perfection in Christ. January 29 “The things which are not seen.” (2 Corinthians 4:18) In our Christian pilgrimage it is well, for the most part, to be looking forward. Forwar…

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