2 Corinthians 5:7
5 And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
6 Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
8 We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
9 So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- KJV
- (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
- WEB
- for we walk by faith, not by sight.
- ASV
- (for we walk by faith, not by sight);
- DARBY
- (for we walk by faith, not by sight;)
- BLB
- For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- ÅB
- for vi vandrer i tro, ikke i beskuelse;
- OTB
- For vi vandrer ledet av tro, ikke av det vi ser—
- B1930
- for vi vandrer i tro, ikke i beskuelse;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 11:1–27
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Read in contextRomans 8:24–25
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
Read in context1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
Read in contextHebrews 10:38
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
Read in contextGalatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Read in context1 Peter 5:9
Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
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