New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Corinthians 3:7-18
7But if the 1ministry of death, 2in letters engraved on stones, came 3with glory, 4so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was, 8how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? 9For if 5the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the 6ministry of righteousness abound in glory. 10For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it. 11For if that which fades away was 7with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
128Therefore having such a hope, 9we use great boldness in our speech, 13and are not like Moses, 10who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away. 14But their minds were 11hardened; for until this very day at the 12reading of 13the old covenant the same veil 14remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. 15But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; 1615but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where 16the Spirit of the Lord is, 17there is liberty. 18But we all, with unveiled face, 18beholding as in a mirror the 19glory of the Lord, are being 20transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from 21the Lord, the Spirit.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Rom 4:15; 5:20; 7:5f; 2 Cor 3:9; Gal 3:10, 21f ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15f; 2 Cor 3:3 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Or in glory ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Ex 34:29-35; 2 Cor 3:13 ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Deut 27:26; 2 Cor 3:7; Heb 12:18-21 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Rom 1:17; 3:21f ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 3:11 Lit through ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 3:12 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 3:12 Acts 4:13, 29; 2 Cor 7:4; Eph 6:19; 1 Thess 2:2 ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 3:13 Ex 34:33-35; 2 Cor 3:7 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Rom 11:7; 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Acts 13:15 ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 3:14 2 Cor 3:6 ↩
- 14. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Or remains, it not being revealed that it is done away in Christ ↩
- 15. 2 Corinthians 3:16 Ex 34:34; Rom 11:23 ↩
- 16. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Is 61:1f; Gal 4:6 ↩
- 17. 2 Corinthians 3:17 John 8:32; Gal 5:1, 13 ↩
- 18. 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Cor 13:12 ↩
- 19. 2 Corinthians 3:18 John 17:22, 24; 2 Cor 4:4, 6 ↩
- 20. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Rom 8:29 ↩
- 21. 2 Corinthians 3:18 2 Cor 3:17 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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