2 Corinthians 3:13

and do not as Moses did, who put a vail over his face, so that the sons of Israel could not steadily look to the end of that which was to come to an end.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

12Since then we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech,

14But their minds were blinded: for till this day, in the reading of the old covenant, the same vail remains not taken away, which vail is removed in Christ.

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Cross References

Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for justification, to every one that believes.

Galatians 3:23But before the faith came, we were kept under law, being shut up to the faith which was to be revealed.

Colossians 2:17which things are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is in Christ,

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:13-18

Superiority of the Gospel. ( a. d. 57.) 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: 13 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: 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless when… Read the whole commentary →

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