2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

We Don’t Veil The Glory Like Moses. We Reflect It And Are Transformed By It

¹²Therefore, having such a hope, we are using great boldness, ¹³and are not like Moses. He was putting a veil on his face so that the sons of Israel might not look-intently at the end^[a] of the [face of glory]^[b] passing-away. ¹⁴But^[c] their minds were hardened^[d], for until this very day the same^[e] veil remains on the reading of the old covenant— it not being unveiled because^[f] it passes-away^[g] in Christ. ¹⁵Indeed^[h], until today whenever Moses is being read, a veil lies on their heart. ¹⁶But whenever it^[i] turns to the Lord, the veil is taken-away. ¹⁷Now the Lord^[j] is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom! ¹⁸But^[k] we all with a face having been unveiled, while reflecting^[l] the glory of the Lord as a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from glory^[m] to glory, just-as^[n] from the Lord^[o], the Spirit.

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2 Corinthians 3:13 Or, cessation, termination, finish, goal.
2 Corinthians 3:13 For Paul, the fading glory on Moses’ face symbolized the temporary nature of that covenant. Others supply [ministry of the letter].
2 Corinthians 3:14 Paul makes an application from Moses to Israel.
2 Corinthians 3:14 That is, to the spiritual meaning of the fading glory, and thus to the true intent of the old covenant.
2 Corinthians 3:14 Like the one on Moses, it hides the fading glory.
2 Corinthians 3:14 Or, that; it not being unveiled (revealed) to them that it (the old covenant) passes away in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:14 Or, is done-away.
2 Corinthians 3:15 Paul clarifies that the veil is not on the Law, but on their hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:16 That is, such a veiled heart (v 15) or hardened mind (v 14); or, a person, a Jew. Or, he (Moses), as the type of one turning to the Lord, Ex 34:34. As with Moses physically then, so today spiritually.
2 Corinthians 3:17 That is, the Lord in Moses’ case (v 16) is the Spirit today; or, the Lord (Christ) is the OT ‘Spirit of the Lord’ in our experience of God today.
2 Corinthians 3:18 Now Paul makes an application from Moses to us, completing what he began in v 13. We are not like Moses who veiled his face... But we all are being transformed.
2 Corinthians 3:18 Or, looking at. Moses did both.
2 Corinthians 3:18 That is, from glory to more glory (not fading); or, from His glory to our glory.
2 Corinthians 3:18 That is, just as would be expected.
2 Corinthians 3:18 That is, the Lord who is the Spirit; or, the Spirit who is the Lord; or, the Lord of the Spirit (that is, who sends the Spirit).

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