2 Corinthians 3:16-18

New English Translation

¹⁶but when one^[a] turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.^[b] ¹⁷Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present,^[c] there is freedom. ¹⁸And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord,^[d] are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another,^[e] which is from^[f] the Lord, who is the Spirit.^[g]

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2 Corinthians 3:16 tn Or perhaps “when(ever) he turns,” referring to Moses.
2 Corinthians 3:16 sn An allusion to Exod 34:34. The entire verse may refer to Moses, viewing him as a type portraying the Jewish convert to Christianity in Paul’s day.
2 Corinthians 3:17 tn Grk “where the Spirit of the Lord is”; the word “present” is supplied to specify that the presence of the Lord’s Spirit is emphasized rather than the mere existence of the Lord’s Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18 tn Or “we all with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror.”
2 Corinthians 3:18 tn Grk “from glory to glory.”
2 Corinthians 3:18 tn Grk “just as from.”
2 Corinthians 3:18 tn Grk “from the Lord, the Spirit”; the genitive πνεύματος (pneumatos) has been translated as a genitive of apposition.

2 Corinthians 3:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶But whenever anyone turns to the Lord,^(A) the veil is taken away.^(B) ¹⁷Now the Lord is the Spirit,^(C) and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.^(D) ¹⁸And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate^[a]^(E) the Lord’s glory,^(F) are being transformed into his image^(G) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.