2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

18And 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.

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Cross References

Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I speak to you are spirit and they are life.

Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

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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