2Cor 4:18 | JFB | STEP | 18. look not at —as our aim. things . . . seen —"earthly things" ( ). 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 , 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. "

2 Corinthians 4:18

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."