Quotes related to 2 Corinthians 5:7
But a faith that requires us to hold on to what we "know" becomes, we eventually discover, inadequate for handling the peaks and valleys of our humanity. It's also exhausting to try to hold it all together as it once was.
— Peter Enns
When Christians feel crushed by such "people of God," faith is exposed as something that just doesn't work here and now. And if something doesn't work, intellectual arguments for staying in the faith lose their appeal over time. Why bother?
— Peter Enns
But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
— 1 Kings 10:7
“You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”
— 2 Kings 2:10
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
— Psalm 46:2
He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
— Psalm 112:7
Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”
— John 1:50
So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”
— John 20:25
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
— John 20:29
“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
— Acts 12:15
And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
— 2 Corinthians 4:13
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.
— 2 Corinthians 4:18