2 Corinthians 3:17
Now by "the Lord" is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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16But whenever the heart of the nation shall have returned to the Lord, the veil will be withdrawn.
Cross References
John 6:63It is the spirit which gives Life. The flesh confers no benefit whatever. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and are Life.
Romans 8:2for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.
1 Corinthians 15:45In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.
Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry "Abba! our Father!"
Galatians 5:13You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.
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 →