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2 Corinthians 3:14-18 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verses 14–18
14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.2 Corinthians 3:14-18 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:14-18 in context
12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
- Acts 26:18
- Romans 11:25
- Exodus 34:34
- Isaiah 25:7
- Romans 8:2
- John 8:32
- Galatians 5:13
- Galatians 4:6
- Galatians 5:1
- Isaiah 61:1-2
- John 6:63
Key words (Strong's)
- Neverthelessdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- remainethmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- testamentdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
- blindedpōroōto cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus, metaph., to make the…G4456 →
- untakenmēno, not lestG3361 →
- readinganagnōsisknowing, a knowing again, owning, readingG320 →
- libertyeleutherialiberty to do or to omit things having no relationship to salvation, fancied liberty…G1657 →
- changedmetamorphoōto change into another form, to transform, to transfigure, Christ appearance was changed…G3339 →
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In these verses the apostle draws two inferences from what he had said about the Old and New Testament: - I. Concerning the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness or clearness of speech.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-18