2 Corinthians 3:16
and whenever they may turn to the LORD, the veil is taken away.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
In Context
15but until today, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart,
17And the LORD is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the LORD [is], there [is] liberty;
Cross References
Exodus 34:34and in the going in of Moses before YHWH to speak with Him, he turns aside the veil until his coming out; and he has come out and has spoken to the sons of Israel that which he is commanded;
Deuteronomy 30:10for you listen to the voice of your God YHWH, to keep His commands and His statutes which are written in the scroll of this law, for you turn back to your God YHWH with all your heart and with all your soul.
Isaiah 29:18And the deaf have heard the words of a scroll in that day, || And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, || The eyes of the blind see.
Jeremiah 31:34And they do not teach anymore || Each his neighbor, and each his brother, || Saying, Know YHWH, || For they all know Me, from their least to their greatest,” || A declaration of YHWH; “For I pardon their iniquity, || And I make no more mention of their sin.”
Hosea 3:4For the sons of Israel remain without a king for many days, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.
Romans 11:23And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again;
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 →