2 Corinthians 3:18
16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- ASV
- But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
- DARBY
- But *we* all, looking on the glory of the Lord, with unveiled face, are transformed according to the same image from glory to glory, even as by [the] Lord [the] Spirit.
- BLB
- And we all, having been unveiled in face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- ÅB
- Men vi som med utildekket åsyn skuer Herrens herlighet som i et speil; vi blir alle forvandlet til det samme bilde fra herlighet til herlighet, som av Herrens Ånd.
- OTB
- Men vi alle, med utildekkede ansikter, betraktende som i et speil Herrens herlighet, blir forvandlet til det samme bilde fra herlighet til herlighet, akkurat som fra Herren, Ånden.
- B1930
- Men vi som med utildekket åsyn skuer Herrens herlighet som i et speil; vi blir alle forvandlet til det samme billede fra herlighet til herlighet, som av Herrens Ånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Read in contextEphesians 4:22–24
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Read in contextRomans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Read in contextColossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:49
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
Read in contextRomans 8:29
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
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