Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

2 Corinthians 5:7

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

KJV

διὰ πίστεως γὰρ περιπατοῦμεν οὐ διὰ εἴδους

Greek NT

(per fidem enim ambulamus, et non per speciem) :

Vulgate

(for we walk by faith, not by sight);

ASV

(For we walk by faith and not by sight.)

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἶδος
eidos
noun · 5×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§164Now, however, "we walk by faith, not by sight";49 we perceive God as "in a mirror, dimly" and only "in part".50 Even though enlightened by him in whom it believes, faith is often lived in darkness and can be put to the test. the world we live in often seems very far from the one promised us by faith. Our experiences of evil and suffering, injustice and death, seem to contradict…
2. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. This again is another topic: for not only are the believers unlearned persons; not only is he that speaks unlearned; not only is the manner of the teaching of an unlearned cast throughout; not only was the thing preached of itself enough to stagger people; (for the cross and death were the message brought;) …
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…
Containing a general view of the subjects treated in Holy Scripture Chapter 1.— The Interpretation of Scripture Depends on the Discovery and Enunciation of the Meaning, and is to Be Undertaken in Dependence on God's Aid. 1. There are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascertaining the proper meaning, and the mode of making known the meaning…
Chapter 1.— Signs, Their Nature and Variety. 1. As when I was writing about things, I introduced the subject with a warning against attending to anything but what they are in themselves, even though they are signs of something else, so now, when I come in its turn to discuss the subject of signs, I lay down this direction, not to attend to what they are in themselves, but to th…
Do not trust your bodily senses in this matter — what you see is bread, but what faith perceives is the body of Christ. The senses report one thing, but faith, which is more certain than sight, knows another. Christ said "This is my body," and it is His word we believe, not our eyes. Ambrose exhorts the newly baptized to receive the sacrament with reverence and wonder.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 13:10 — But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
  • 1Cor 13:12 — For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
  • 1Cor 13:12 — For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
  • 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • 1Pet 5:9 — Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
  • 2Cor 1:24 — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
  • 2Cor 1:24 — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
  • 2Cor 4:18 — 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.
  • 2Cor 4:18 — 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.
  • Col 2:6 — As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
  • Deut 12:9 — For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
  • Gal 2:20 — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself fo
  • Gal 2:20 — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself fo
  • Heb 10:38 — Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
  • Heb 11:1 — Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
  • Heb 11:1 — Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
  • John 20:29 — Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
  • Rom 8:24 — For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
  • Rom 8:24 — For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?