2 Corinthians 3:13

and are not like Moses, who threw a vail over his face, that the children of Israel might not behold the termination of that which was abolished.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

12Seeing therefore we have this hope, we the more speak with boldness;

14But they were blinded in their understanding; for until this day, when the old Testament is read, the same vail resteth upon them; nor is it manifest to them, that it is abolished by the Messiah.

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Cross References

Romans 10:4For Messiah is the aim of the law, for righteousness, unto every one that believeth in him.

Galatians 3:23But before the faith came, the law kept us shut up unto the faith that was to be revealed.

Colossians 2:17which were shadows of the things then future; but the body is the Messiah.

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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