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The Power of Perspective
Commentators agree that the key to enduring hardship is a deliberate shift in focus. By intentionally looking away from our visible troubles and toward the invisible realities of heaven, our afflictions are put into perspective. Barnes calls this the 'true secret' to patience, as faith judges present trials to be light and temporary compared to the eternal glory they help produce.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 4:18
18th Century
Theologian
Note: This Verse is too large for one note: Continued at 2 Corinthians 5:1
While we look, etc. Or, rather, we are not l…
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not (μη σκοπουντων ημων). Genitive absolute with participle of σκοπεω from σκοπος, goal.
Temporal
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 4:18
19th Century
Bishop
While we look not at the things which are seen.—The “while we look” is, according to the Greek idiom, the condition of wh…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Corinthians 4:18
19th Century
Preacher
But at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal;
Temporal and temporary; see how they melt away one…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 4:18
But this production of glory was by no means automatic. Only as attention was focused on what was unseen did suffering lead to glory. Behind the co…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 4:18
17th Century
Pastor
While we look not at the things which are seen
These are the things of this world, such as riches, honours, pleasures, profits…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 4:13–18
17th Century
Minister
The grace of faith is an effectual remedy against fainting in times of trouble. They knew that Christ was raised, and that his resurrection was a g…