2 Corinthians 3

2 Corinthians 3:11

For if that which was done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

For if that Law, and that shining brightness, which was transitory, and is done away, were glorious, how much more glorious must that needs be, which is to remain for ever, viz. the Gospel, and the ministry thereof!

2 Corinthians 3:12

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

Seeing then that we have this confident assurance of the dignity of our function, and the sovereign power of the Gospel, we do, with much freedom and resolution, preach this Gospel to you:

2 Corinthians 3:13

And 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.

And we do not make ourselves like Moses, who put a vail over his face, that the eyes of the Israelites could not have their full scope, to look at that bright lustre of his face, which is (and was soon after to be) abolished.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But 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.

But this was done in a figure: for, as their eyes were thus hindered from seeing the glory of Moses’ face, so the eyes of their minds were dim, yea blinded, that they could not see the end of the Law: and still, until this day, the same vail of ignorance continues unremoved: for, in reading of the Old Testament, they have not the power of seeing him, who was prefigured and shadowed out thereby: which vail is only done away by Christ: as in whom all things were fulfilled, and by whom the clear light of knowledge is given unto the soul.

2 Corinthians 3:15

But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

But, even to this day, when Moses is read, this vail of ignorance and unbelief is betwixt their hearts and his face.

2 Corinthians 3:16

Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

Nevertheless, when that heart of theirs shall be turned to the Lord, then shall the vail be taken away by the gracious illumination of God’s Spirit; and they shall then see Christ clearly laid forth in Moses.

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Ye heard of a Spirit, as ye heard of a letter: now the Lord is that Spirit, which gives life unto the letter of the Gospel; and where this Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, and freedom from the bondage of sin and Satan, and a bold and confident access to the throne of grace.

2 Corinthians 3:18

But 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.

But we all, as being in a better case than Moses, do, with an open face, behold the glory of the Lord: and, as a glass, which is set against the sun, receives the beams thereof; so do we take in glory from God, in one degree after another, till we be fully changed into his glorious image, and made like unto him; which is wrought in and upon us, by the Spirit of the Lord.