2 Corinthians 4:18

while we look not Rather, since we look not, do not fix our attention.

at the things which are not seen The Christian habitually views all that comes before him from the standpoint of the invisible world, which is revealed to him by the Spirit from within. See 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1Co 2:13; 1 John 4:5-6. Also Hebrews 11:1.

for the things which are seen are temporal Rather, temporary, i.e. they last, and are intended to last, but a season.

but the things which are not seen are eternal Here was the secret of the Apostle's confidence. The invisible truths of which he was persuaded, which lay at the root of the Resurrection of Christ, and therefore of the moral strength he felt within him and was enabled to impart to others, rested upon no uncertain basis, but upon the unchangeable Will of the Eternal God. See notes on ch. 2 Corinthians 1:19-20.