2 Corinthians 3:18
English Standard Version
18 And we all, with unveiled face, (A)beholding (B)the glory of the Lord,[a] (C)are being transformed into the same image (D)from one degree of glory to another.[b] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflecting the glory of the Lord
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Greek from glory to glory
2 Corinthians 3:18
The Message
16-18 Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We’re free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.
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2 Corinthians 3:18
New International Version
18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a](A) the Lord’s glory,(B) are being transformed into his image(C) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflect
Luke 4:24-28
English Standard Version
24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, (A)no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when (B)the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them (C)but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And (D)there were many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, (E)but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.
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- Luke 4:27 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Luke 4:24-30
The Message
23-27 He answered, “I suppose you’re going to quote the proverb, ‘Doctor, go heal yourself. Do here in your hometown what we heard you did in Capernaum.’ Well, let me tell you something: No prophet is ever welcomed in his hometown. Isn’t it a fact that there were many widows in Israel at the time of Elijah during that three and a half years of drought when famine devastated the land, but the only widow to whom Elijah was sent was in Sarepta in Sidon? And there were many lepers in Israel at the time of the prophet Elisha but the only one cleansed was Naaman the Syrian.”
28-30 That set everyone in the meeting place seething with anger. They threw him out, banishing him from the village, then took him to a mountain cliff at the edge of the village to throw him to his doom, but he gave them the slip and was on his way.
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Luke 4:24-28
New International Version
24 “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.(A) 25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.(B) 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.(C) 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy[a] in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”(D)
28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.
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- Luke 4:27 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
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