2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (NIV)
Word Study
Temporary – G4672 πρόσκαιρος proskairos, lasting only for a short time, temporary
Thoughts…
18. look not at–as our aim. things … seen–“earthly things” (Php 3:19). We mind not the things seen, whether affliction or refreshment come, so as to be seduced by the latter, or deterred by the former [CHRYSOSTOM]. things … not seen–not “the invisible things” of Ro 1:20, but the things which, though not seen now, shall be so hereafter.
temporal–rather, “for a time”; in contrast to eternal. English Version uses “temporal” for temporary. The Greek is rightly translated in the similar passage, “the pleasures of sin for a season” (Jameson, Fausett, and Brown Commentary).
Whatever life throws at me it will not last forever. It doesn’t say it will not be hard, it will not hurt, there will not be damage or scars. No, it says it will end.
Do not keep your eyes on the storm. Keep your eyes on the one who controls it and will bring it to an end!
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