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2 Corinthians 5

2 Cor. 5:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
wen walk
peripateo (Greek #4043)
to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary)
KJV usage: go, be occupied with, walk (about).
Pronounce: per-ee-pat-eh'-o
Origin: from 4012 and 3961
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
faith
pistis (Greek #4102)
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
KJV usage: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Pronounce: pis'-tis
Origin: from 3982
, not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
sight
eidos (Greek #1491)
a view, i.e. form (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: appearance, fashion, shape, sight.
Pronounce: i'-dos
Origin: from 1492
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Rom. 8:24‑25• 24For by hope were we saved; but hope seen is no hope; for what one seeth, why also doth he hope for [it]?
 25But if we hope for what we do not see, in patience we await. (Rom. 8:24‑25)

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2 Cor. 1:24• 24not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workers of your joy, for by faith ye stand. (2 Cor. 1:24)
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2 Cor. 4:18• 18while we have the eye not on the things that are seen, but on those not seen, for the things seen [are] temporary, but those not seen, eternal. (2 Cor. 4:18)
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Deut. 12:9•  (Deut. 12:9)
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Rom. 8:24‑25• 24For by hope were we saved; but hope seen is no hope; for what one seeth, why also doth he hope for [it]?
 25But if we hope for what we do not see, in patience we await. (Rom. 8:24‑25)
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1 Cor. 13:12• 12For we see now through a mirror in a dark form, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall fully know, even as I also was fully known. (1 Cor. 13:12)
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Gal. 2:20• 20With Christ I am crucified, yet I live, no longer I, but Christ liveth in me; but that which I now live in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God that loved me and gave himself up for me. (Gal. 2:20)
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Heb. 10:38• 38But the just shall live by faith; and if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. (Heb. 10:38)
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Heb. 11:1‑27• 1Now faith is substance of [things] hoped for, demonstration of things not seen.
 2For in [virtue of] this the elders were witnessed of.
 3By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by God's word, so that the [things] beheld have not derived their being out of [things] apparent.
 4By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain by which it was witnessed that he was righteous, God witnessing in respect of his gifts; and through it he, having died, yet speaketh.
 5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death, and was not found because God translated him; for before the translation, it hath been witnessed that he had pleased God.
 6But apart from faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for he that approacheth to God must believe that he is, and becometh a rewarder of those that seek him out.
 7By faith Noah, oracularly warned of things not yet beheld, moved with fear, constructed an ark for saving his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of righteousness that is according to faith.
 8By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
 9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as not his own, dwelling as he did in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;
 10for he waited for the city that hath the foundations, of which God is architect and master-builder.
 11By faith also Sarah herself received power for deposition of seed even beyond season of age, since she counted faithful him that promised.
 12Wherefore also there were born from one, and that one become dead, even as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand that is by the sea-shore.
 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and greeted, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
 14For they that say such things make plain that they seek out a country.
 15And if indeed they called to mind that from which they went out, they might have had opportunity to return;
 16but now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he prepared for them a city.
 17By faith Abraham when tried offered up Isaac, and he that received to himself the promises was offering his only-begotten
 18as to whom it was spoken, In Isaac shall thy seed be called;
 19accounting that God [is] able to raise even from out of dead [men], whence also he received him back in parable.
 20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
 21By faith Jacob when dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped on the top of his staff.
 22By faith Joseph when ending life called to mind the going forth of the sons of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones.
 23By faith Moses when born was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child beautiful; and they did not fear the order of the king.
 24By faith Moses when become great refused to be called son of Pharaoh's daughter,
 25choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to have temporary pleasure of sin,
 26counting the Christ's reproach greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked off unto the recompense.
 27By faith he left Egypt, not afraid of the wrath of the king; for he persevered as seeing the Invisible. (Heb. 11:1‑27)
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1 Peter 1:8• 8whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though not now seeing but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and glorified, (1 Peter 1:8)
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1 Peter 5:9• 9whom resist, steadfast in faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brotherhood that [is] in the world. (1 Peter 5:9)
• We walk by faith, not by appearance, being absent from the Lord and heaven. If we look at the unseen and eternal, it is by faith, not on the things or persons themselves, as we shall when actually there. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:6-9” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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(for we walk by faith, not by appearancea),

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "sight." The word for "appearance" (eidous) seems rarely if ever used for "sight."