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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| σκοπούντων | skopountōn | are looking at | G4648 → |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | we | G3165 → |
| τὰ | ta | the [things] | G3588 → |
| βλεπόμενα | blepomena | being seen | G991 → |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 → |
| τὰ | ta | the [things] | G3588 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| βλεπόμενα· | blepomena | being seen; | G991 → |
| τὰ | ta | The [things] | G3588 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| βλεπόμενα | blepomena | being seen [are] | G991 → |
| πρόσκαιρα, | proskaira | temporary, | G4340 → |
| τὰ | ta | the [things] | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| βλεπόμενα | blepomena | being seen | G991 → |
| αἰώνια.¶ | aiōnia | [are] eternal. | G166 → |
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