2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Cross References
Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
John 6:63It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
1 Corinthians 15:45So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Galatians 4:6And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
Galatians 5:13For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
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 →