“ (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) ”
For we walk - To walk, in the Scriptures often denotes to live, to act, to conduct in a certain way; see the notes on Romans 4:12 ; Romans 6:4 . It has reference to the fact that life is a jour...
(For we walk by (e) faith, not by sight:) (e) Faith, of those things which we hope for, not having God presently in our physical view.
Paul proceeds to expand the thought of 2 Corinthians 4:16 , modifying the idea of an inner personality into that of a house or home for the soul prepared by God in heaven. The earthly frame in which...
by . Greek dia. App-104. 2 Corinthians 5:1 . faith , App-150.
7. For we walk by faith (Εἰδος) I have here rendered aspectum , ( sight,) because few understood the meaning of the word species , ( appearance.) (520) He states the reaso...
DISCOURSE: 2018 THE CHRISTIAN WALKING BY FAITH 2 Corinthians 5:7 . We walk by faith, not by sight . IF we behold any wonderful effects, we naturally inquire after the cause that has produced th...
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) For we walk by faith - While we are in the present state faith supplies the place of direct vision. In the future world we shall have sight - the utmost evidence...
For we walk by faith, &c.— "We now walk and conduct ourselves in the whole course of our life, by the faith of objects as yet unseen, and not by the sight of those glories, or by a regard to th...
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We walk - in our Christian course on earth. By faith , х dia ( G1223 ) pisteoos ( G4102 )] - in a medium or state of faith. Not by sight ,...
The subject of 2 Corinthians 4 is continued. St. Paul has been pointing out that amid bodily weakness and decay he is encouraged by the thought that the temporal is transient, while the spiritual i...
For we walk by faith, not by sight — Better, and not by what we see (or, by appearance ). It seems almost sad to alter the wording of a familiar and favourite text, but it must be admitted that...
Chapter 13 THE CHRISTIAN HOPE. 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 (R.V) THAT outlook on the future, which at the close of 2 Corinthians 4:1-18 . is presented in the most general terms, is here carried out...
Longing to Be “at Home with the Lord” 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 This mortal life is a pilgrimage, and our body is a tent, so slight, so transitory, so easily taken down; but what does it matter, sin...
The vision of the house of God, and the coming at last to the Lord, throws its light on, and explains the value of, the groaning and the burden of the tabernacle, of the period of absence from the Ma...
(6) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (7) (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) (8) We are confident, I say, and willing...
For we walk by faith, and not by sight. Faith is a grace which answers many useful purposes; it is the eye of the soul, by which it looks to Christ for righteousness, peace, pardon, life, and salva...
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) Ver. 7. For we walk by faith ] Which puts our heads into heaven, sets us on the top of Pisgah with Moses, and therehence descries and describes unto us the pr...
Now he that hath wrought us for Or to , this longing for immortality; is God For none but God, none less than the Almighty, could have wrought this in us; who also hath given us his Spirit In...
Unquestioned certainty as to the future, and present confidence of faith are seen here further developed. "We know" is the proper language of Christianity. "The earthly house of this tabernacle" is o...
The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. A. D. 57. 1 For we know that if our earthly house of th...
That is, we live, and order our conversations, not by sight, or any evidence of sense, but by faith, which is described by the apostle, Hebrews 11:1 , to be the substance of things hoped for...
The Reason Why They Are Setting Their Minds On Things Above ( 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 ) The thought of looking at what is unseen, rather than at what is seen, now leads on to a consideration of the r...
CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 5:1 .—Flow of thought quite continuous from 2 Corinthians 4:18 . For ( 2 Corinthians 4:15 ).… For (17).… For ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 ).… For (2).… For...
2 Corinthians 5:7 I. We walk by faith, in the conviction that what is right must end in peace, and what is wrong must end in misery. This assumes that there is a living and true God; that there is...
2 Corinthians 5:1-2 . For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan,...
2 Corinthians 5:1 . We know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God eternal in the heavens. The contrast between a house made with hands, and a house...
Therefore we are always confident … at home in the body … absent from the Lord. Paul’s thoughts about dying 1. The peculiar interest of this passage is, that it gives us an insight into the apo...
EXPOSITION Continuation of the topic that hope is the chief support of the preacher of the gospel ( 2 Corinthians 5:1-47 ). Their self-sacrifice in preaching the gospel of reconciliation ( 2 Cor...
Confident of Christ's acceptance:
1 Corinthians 13:12 ; 1 Peter 1:8 ; 1 Peter 5:9 ; 2 Corinthians 1:24 ; 2 Corinthians 4:18 ; Deuteronomy 12:9 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Hebrews 10:38 ; Hebrews 11:1 ; Hebrews 11:27 ; Romans 8:24 ;...
For we cannot clearly see him in this life, wherein we walk by faith only: an evidence, indeed, that necessarily implies a kind of "seeing him who is invisible;" yet as far beneath what we shall ha...