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2 Corinthians 3:16 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verse 16
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.2 Corinthians 3:16 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:16 in context
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Neverthelessdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- turnepistrephōtransitively, to turn to, to the worship of the true God, to cause to return, to bring…G1994 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- awayperiaireōto take away that which surrounds or envelopes a thing, metaph. to take away altogether…G4014 →
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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