New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 3:8-18

8howG4459 will the ministryG1248 of the SpiritG4151 failG3780 to be even moreG3123 with gloryG1391? 9For ifG1487 1the ministryG1248 of condemnationG2633 has gloryG1391, muchG4183 moreG3123 does the 2ministryG1248 of righteousnessG1343 aboundG4052 in gloryG1391. 10For indeedG2532 what hadG1392 gloryG1392, in thisG3778 caseG3313 hasG1392 noG3756 gloryG1392 becauseG1752 of the gloryG1391 that surpassesG5235 it. 11For ifG1487 that which fadesG2673 awayG2673 was 3with gloryG1391, muchG4183 moreG3123 that which remainsG3306 is in gloryG1391.

12 4ThereforeG3767 havingG2192 suchG5108 a hopeG1680, 5we useG5530 greatG4183 boldnessG3954 in our speechG3954, 13and are not likeG2509 MosesG3475, 6who used to putG5087 a veilG2571 overG1909 his faceG4383 soG4314 that the sonsG5207 of IsraelG2474 would not lookG816 intentlyG816 at the endG5056 of what was fadingG2673 awayG2673. 14But their mindsG3540 were 7hardenedG4456; for untilG891 thisG4594 veryG4594 dayG2250 at the 8readingG320 of 9the oldG3820 covenantG1242 the sameG846 veilG2571 10remainsG3306 unliftedG343, becauseG3754 it is removedG2673 in ChristG5547. 15But to thisG4594 dayG4594 wheneverG2259 G302 MosesG3475 is readG314, a veilG2571 liesG2749 overG1909 their heartG2588; 16 11but wheneverG2259 G1437 a person turnsG1994 to the LordG2962, the veilG2571 is takenG4014 awayG4014. 17NowG1161 the LordG2962 is the SpiritG4151, and whereG3757 12the SpiritG4151 of the LordG2962 is, 13there is libertyG1657. 18But we allG3956, with unveiledG343 faceG4383, 14beholdingG2734 as in a mirrorG2734 the 15gloryG1391 of the LordG2962, are being 16transformedG3339 into the sameG846 imageG1504 from gloryG1391 to gloryG1391, justG2509 as from 17the LordG2962, the SpiritG4151.

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 ↩