2 Corinthians 3:12

Having, then, such hope as this, great openness of speech, do we use;—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

In Context

11For, if that which was to be done away [was brought in] with glory, much more, that which is to abide, is in glory.

13And are not just like Moses, [who] kept putting a veil upon his face, so that the sons of Israel should not look steadily unto the end of that which was to be done away.

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Cross References

John 16:25These things, in similitudes, have I spoken unto you: There cometh an hour, when, no longer in similitudes, will I speak unto you, but, openly, concerning the Father, will I tell you.

Acts 4:13And, looking at Peter’s boldness of speech, and John’s, and having discovered that they were unlettered and obscure men, they began to marvel, recognising them also, that they had been with Jesus;

Acts 9:27But, Barnabas, taking him, brought him unto the apostles, and related unto them,—how, in the way, he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken unto him; and how, in Damascus, he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

Acts 14:3A good while, therefore, tarried they, using boldness of speech [in dependence] upon the Lord, who was bearing witness unto his word of favour, granting signs and wonders to be coming to pass through their hands.

2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully,—but, by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves unto every conscience of men, in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 7:4Great, is my freedom of speech towards you, great, is my boasting in behalf of you: I am filled with the encouragement, I am greatly superabounding with the joy, in all our tribulation.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:7-12

Law and Gospel Compared. ( a. d. 57.) 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of… Read the whole commentary →

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