2 Corinthians 4:18

1 John 2:16; 1 John 2:17; 1 John 2:25; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:25-27; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 12:3; Leviticus 16:25; Leviticus 16:26; Matthew 25:46; Romans 8:24; Romans 8:25

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

While we look ... - Or, rather, we not looking at the things which are seen. The design of this is, to show in what way the afflictions which the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is true that the splendid character of this ministry is for the present obscured by the earthly and physical conditions under which it is discharg...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

look . Greek. skopeo . See Luke 11:35 . seen. Greek. blepo. App-133.:6. temporal . temporary, for. season. Greek. proskairos, Only here,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

While we look not. Mark what it is, that will make all the miseries of this world easy to be endured, — if we carry forward our thoughts to t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2016 THE CHRISTIAN’S EXPERIENCE IN AFFLICTION 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 . Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us...
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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 wh...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

While we look not at, &c.— Or, while we aim not at. This is the exact signification of the Greek word σκοπουντων; and our English word "scope...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

We look not ] If we look at these afflictions they will loom so large in our view as to shut out the prospect beyond; therefore we look past them....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord."...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not des...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 whi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The things that are seen — Men, money, things of earth. The things that are not seen — God, grace, heaven.

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 4:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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