comparison between the ‘seen’ and the ‘not seen’, the ‘temporary’ and the ‘eternal’ (4:18). For the great apostle, the world that we cannot see was vastly more real than the passing world we inhabit at present. For most of us, however, the loud clamour of our senses drowns the tiny voice of faith. We need to re-educate our perceptions, train them until our responses to situations become habitual. Let me put it this way. For many of us, this present world is the scene of our temptations and humiliation,