2 Corinthians 4:18
All the while, we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. What can be seen lasts only a while; what cannot be seen is eternal.
Treated in 16 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites 2 Cor. 4:18
…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…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
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…
- How to Succeed in the Christian Life ·
Persecution cites 2 Cor. 4: 18
…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…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
Is Future Punishment Everlasting? cites 2 Cor. 4:18
…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…
- Practical Religion ·
Eternity! cites 2 Cor. iv. 18
"The things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."—2 Cor. iv. 18. A subject stands out on the face of this text which is one of the most solemn and…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Interpreter’s House cites 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18
…the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18 The fire that will not go out The Interpreter then shows Christian a fire burning against…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
The Saints’ Everlasting Rest cites 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18
…the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18 Look is an active verb. The unseen does not force itself on our attention; it must be…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
The Life of Faith cites 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18
…the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18 Baxter’s illustration was the difference between a man who knows there is a fire in the…
- Morning by Morning ·
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.…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
A Brief Account of the Author’s Imprisonment cites 2 Cor. iv. 18
…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…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
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…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Prophetic Office cites 2 Cor 4:18
…of eternity. ‘We look not at things which are seen, but at things which are not seen.’ 2 Cor 4:18. Moses saw him who is ‘invisible.’ Heb 11:17. And the patriarchs saw a better country…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Death of the Righteous cites 2 Cor 4:18
…our joy shall be never-ending]. Bernard. ‘The things which are not seen are eternal.’ 2 Cor 4:18. ‘At thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.’ Psa 16:6: Who can span eternity?…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
…and being carried, echoing her mother’s last years. Scriptures to revisit Isaiah 46:3-4; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. Reflection 1. How do you face the prospect of helplessness? 2. How can those years still…
- Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
…home until her death on 15 June 2015. Scriptures to revisit Isaiah 46:4; Psalm 71:9, 18; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. Reflection 1. How do you think about growing old, and about losing your powers? 2. How…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
…in pain and old age should be judged with honesty and with mercy. Scriptures to revisit 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; 1 Timothy 5:23; Galatians 6:1-2. Reflection 1. How should…