New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Corinthians 3:8-18
8how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? 9For if 1the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the 2ministry 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 3with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
124Therefore having such a hope, 5we use great boldness in our speech, 13and are not like Moses, 6who 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 7hardened; for until this very day at the 8reading of 9the old covenant the same veil 10remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. 15But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; 1611but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where 12the Spirit of the Lord is, 13there is liberty. 18But we all, with unveiled face, 14beholding as in a mirror the 15glory of the Lord, are being 16transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from 17the Lord, the Spirit.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Deut 27:26; 2 Cor 3:7; Heb 12:18-21 ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Rom 1:17; 3:21f ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 3:11 Lit through ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 3:12 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 3:12 Acts 4:13, 29; 2 Cor 7:4; Eph 6:19; 1 Thess 2:2 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 3:13 Ex 34:33-35; 2 Cor 3:7 ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Rom 11:7; 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Acts 13:15 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 3:14 2 Cor 3:6 ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Or remains, it not being revealed that it is done away in Christ ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 3:16 Ex 34:34; Rom 11:23 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Is 61:1f; Gal 4:6 ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 3:17 John 8:32; Gal 5:1, 13 ↩
- 14. 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Cor 13:12 ↩
- 15. 2 Corinthians 3:18 John 17:22, 24; 2 Cor 4:4, 6 ↩
- 16. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Rom 8:29 ↩
- 17. 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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