2 Corinthians 3:17

15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
KJV
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
WEB
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
ASV
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty.
DARBY
Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of [the] Lord [is, there is] liberty.
BLB
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], freedom [is].
ÅB
Men Herren er Ånden, og hvor Herrens Ånd er, der er frihet.
OTB
Herren er Ånden, og der hvor Herrens Ånd er, der er frihet.
B1930
Men Herren er Ånden, og hvor Herrens Ånd er, der er frihet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 8:2

    For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

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  • John 8:32

    And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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  • Galatians 5:13

    For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

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  • Galatians 4:6

    And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

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  • Galatians 5:1

    Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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  • John 6:63

    It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

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  • Isaiah 61:1–2

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

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  • 2 Timothy 1:7

    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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