2 Corinthians 5:7 (LSB)

Passage

for we walk by faith, not by sight—

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 5:5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.

2 Corinthians 5:6 Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—

2 Corinthians 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight—

2 Corinthians 5:8 we are of good courage and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "walk", and "sight". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "walk", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Therefore being always of good courage and..." into verse 8's "we are of good courage and prefer...", so "faith" and "walk" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "walk" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.