¹² We have this hope, so we ·are very bold [or speak with boldness/confidence]. ¹³ We are not like Moses, who put a ·covering [veil] over his face so the ·Israelites [^Lchildren of Israel] would not see it [Ex. 34:29–35]. The glory was ·disappearing [fading; or made ineffective], and Moses did not want them to see it end. ¹⁴ But their minds were ·closed [stubborn; hardened], and even today that same ·covering [veil] ·hides the meaning [^Lremains] when they read the old ·agreement [covenant]. That covering is ·taken away [^Lnot lifted, because it is removed] only through Christ. ¹⁵ Even today, when they read ·the law of Moses [^LMoses], there is a ·covering over [^Lveil laying upon] their ·minds [hearts]. ¹⁶ But when a person ·changes and follows [^Lturns to] the Lord, that ·covering [veil] is taken away [Ex. 34:34]. ¹⁷ The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸ ·Our faces, then, are not covered [^LWith an unveiled face…]. We all ·show [reflect; or behold; or contemplate] the Lord’s glory, and we are being ·changed [transformed] ·to be like him [^Linto the same image]. This change in us ·brings ever greater glory [or is from one degree of glory to another; ^Lis from glory to glory], which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.