2 Corinthians 5:7
New International Version
For we live by faith, not by sight.

New Living Translation
For we live by believing and not by seeing.

English Standard Version
for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Berean Standard Bible
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Berean Literal Bible
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

King James Bible
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

New King James Version
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

New American Standard Bible
for we walk by faith, not by sight—

NASB 1995
for we walk by faith, not by sight—

NASB 1977
for we walk by faith, not by sight—

Legacy Standard Bible
for we walk by faith, not by sight—

Amplified Bible
for we walk by faith, not by sight [living our lives in a manner consistent with our confident belief in God’s promises]—

Christian Standard Bible
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For we walk by faith, not by sight,

American Standard Version
(for we walk by faith, not by sight);

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For it is by faith that we walk and not by sight.

Contemporary English Version
But we live by faith, not by what we see.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(For we walk by faith, and not by sight.)

English Revised Version
(for we walk by faith, not by sight);

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Indeed, our lives are guided by faith, not by sight.

Good News Translation
For our life is a matter of faith, not of sight.

International Standard Version
For we live by faith, not by sight.

Literal Standard Version
for we walk through faith, not through sight—

Majority Standard Bible
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

New American Bible
for we walk by faith, not by sight.

NET Bible
for we live by faith, not by sight.

New Revised Standard Version
for we walk by faith, not by sight.

New Heart English Bible
for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Webster's Bible Translation
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Weymouth New Testament
for we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight.

World English Bible
for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Young's Literal Translation
for through faith we walk, not through sight --

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Context
Our Eternal Dwelling
6Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. 7For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.…

Cross References
Romans 8:24
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?

1 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.

2 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.

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.


Treasury of Scripture

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

2 Corinthians 1:24
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

2 Corinthians 4:18
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.

Deuteronomy 12:9
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

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2 Corinthians 5
1. That in his assured hope of immortal glory,
9. and in expectation of it, he labors to keep a good conscience;
12. not that he may boast of himself,
14. but as one that, having received life from Christ,
17. endeavors to live as a new creature to Christ only,
18. and by his ministry of reconciliation, to reconcile others also in Christ to God.














(7) For we walk by faith, not by sight--Better, and not by what we see (or, by appearance). It seems almost sad to alter the wording of a familiar and favourite text, but it must be admitted that the word translated "sight" never means the faculty of seeing, but always the form and fashion of the thing seen. (Comp. Luke 3:22; Luke 9:29; John 5:37.) The fact is taken for granted; and it comes as the proof that as we are, we are absent from the Lord. Now we believe in Him without seeing Him; hereafter we shall see Him face to face. Our life and conduct and our "walk" in this world rest on our belief in the Unseen.

Verse 7. - For we walk by faith (2 Corinthians 4:18; Hebrews 11:1; Romans 8:25). Not by sight; rather, not by appearance; not by anything actually seen. We do not yet see "face to face" (1 Corinthians 13:12), but are guided by things which "eye hath not seen."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

we walk
περιπατοῦμεν (peripatoumen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

by
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

faith,
πίστεως (pisteōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

not
οὐ (ou)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

by
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

sight.
εἴδους (eidous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 1491: Visible form, shape, appearance, outward show, kind, species, class. From eido; a view, i.e. Form.


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NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith not (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor)
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