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 Living Translation (NLT)For we live by believing and not by seeing.

Context of 2 Corinthians 5:7

5Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. 9Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to 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 1:24Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand.
• 2 Corinthians 4:18while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
• Deuteronomy 12:9for as yet you have not come to the rest and the inheritance which the Lord your God is giving you.
• Romans 8:24For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
• 1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
• Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Hebrews 10:38Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
• Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
• Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
• 1 Peter 1:8whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
• 1 Peter 5:9Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

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