2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were slow to learn. Indeed, to this very day, at the public reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; only for those who are in union with Christ does it pass away.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13unlike Moses, who covered his face with a veil, to prevent the Israelites from gazing at the disappearance of what was passing away.

15But, even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their hearts.

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Cross References

Psalms 69:23May their eyes be darkened and blind, make them shake without ceasing.

Matthew 6:23but, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!

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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