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2 Corinthians 4:17-18 KJV

2 Corinthians · chapter 4 · verses 17–18 · King James Version

¹⁷For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; ¹⁸While 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.2 Corinthians 4:17-18 · King James Version

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Cross references

• Romans 8:18
• 1 Peter 5:10
• Romans 5:3-5
• James 1:12
• Hebrews 12:10-11
• James 1:3-4
• 2 Corinthians 3:18
• 1 Peter 1:6-8
• 2 Corinthians 5:7
• Romans 8:24-25
• Hebrews 11:1
• 1 John 2:16-17

Key words (Strong's)

• afflictionthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
• exceedingeisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
• temporalproskairosfor a season, enduring only for a while, temporaryG4340 →
• workethkatergazomaito perform, accomplish, achieve, to work outG2716 →
• eternalaiōnioswithout beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be, without…G166 →
• weightbarosheaviness, weight, burden, troubleG922 →
• glorydoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
• lookskopeōto look at, observe, contemplate, to mark, to fix one's eyes upon, direct one's attention…G4648 →

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