2 Corinthians 5:7

2 Corinthians 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
• New International Version (NIV)For we live by faith, not by sight.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for we walk by faith, not by sight.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Context of 2 Corinthians 5:7

5Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. 6Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord – for we live by faith, not by sight. 8Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

2 Corinthians 5:7 word by word

διὰ πίστεως γὰρ περιπατοῦμεν, οὐ διὰ εἴδους,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• we walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• notοὐou · noG3756
• sightεἶδοςeidos · appearanceG1491

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 5:7

• 2 Corinthians 1:24I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
• 2 Corinthians 4:18because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
• Deuteronomy 12:9for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.
• Romans 8:24For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?
• 1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.
• Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
• Hebrews 10:38But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
• Hebrews 11:1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
• Hebrews 11:27By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.
• 1 Peter 1:8You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
• 1 Peter 5:9Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For 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 of spiritual and eternal things; as we shall be present with them, and live in them. Here we have the testimony of God, and believe in their reality, because we cannot doubt his word. And to make this more convincing he gives us the earnest of his Spirit, which is a foretaste of glory.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For 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 journey, or a pilgrimage, and that the Christian is traveling to another country. The sense here is, that we conduct ourselves in our course of life with reference to the things which are unseen, and not with reference to the things which are seen. By faith - In the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7We know about our future resurrection through faith (see Hebrews 11:1, 3, 27). However, the resurrection of Jesus and the Holy Spirit's presence serve as evidence of what is to come (1 Corinthians 15:1–9; Ephesians 1:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. we walk--in our Christian course here on earth. not by sight--Greek, "not by appearance." Our life is governed by faith in our immortal hope; not by the outward specious appearance of present things [Tittmann, Greek Synonyms of the New Testament]. Compare "apparently," the Septuagint, "by appearance," Nu 12:8. Wahl supports English Version. 2Co 4:18 also confirms it (compare Ro 8:24; 1Co 13:12, 13). God has appointed in this life faith for our great…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Corinthians 5:7

• Faith
• Man
• Walking

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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings