10 I rejoice greatly in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,(A)
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.(B)

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16 but whenever a person turns(A) to the Lord, the veil is removed.(B) 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at[a](C) the glory of the Lord(D) and are being transformed(E) into the same image(F) from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:18 Or are reflecting
  2. 3:18 Or from the Spirit of the Lord, or from the Lord, the Spirit

See what great love[a] the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him. Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.(A) We know that when he appears,[b] we will be like him(B) because we will see him as he is.(C) And everyone who has this hope(D) in him purifies himself just as he is pure.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:1 Or what sort of love
  2. 3:2 Or when it appears

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