2 Corinthians 3:16
but whenever it turneth to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
In Context
15but even till this day, when Moses is read, there lieth a veil upon their heart;
17Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Cross References
Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And out of mist and darkness shall the eyes of the blind see.
Jeremiah 31:34And they shall teach no more, Every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, Saying, “Know ye Jehovah!” For they shall all know me, From the least of them even to the greatest of them, saith Jehovah; For I will forgive their iniquity, And I will remember their sin no more.
Hosea 3:4For the sons of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim.
Romans 11:23And they also, if they do not continue in their 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 →