2 Corinthians 3:13
11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
14 But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
15 And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
- ASV
- and [are] not as Moses, [who] put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:
- DARBY
- and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.
- BLB
- and not as Moses would put a veil over his face for the sons of Israel not to look intently into the end of what [was] fading away.
- ÅB
- og gjør ikke som Moses, som la et dekke over sitt åsyn, for at Israels barn ikke skulle skue enden av det som svant.
- OTB
- Og vi er ikke som Moses, som ville legge et slør over ansiktet sitt slik at Israels sønner ikke skulle feste blikket på det som var avtagende.
- B1930
- og gjør ikke som Moses, som la et dekke over sitt åsyn, forat Israels barn ikke skulde skue enden av det som svant.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 34:33–35
When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
Read in contextEphesians 2:14–15
For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
Read in contextColossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
Read in contextHebrews 10:1–9
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
Read in contextGalatians 3:23–24
Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
Read in contextRomans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
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