2 Corinthians 3:17
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
In Context
16and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.
Cross References
Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
John 6:63the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;
Romans 8:2for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;
1 Corinthians 15:45so also it hath been written, 'The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam [is] for a life-giving spirit,
Galatians 4:6and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father!'
Galatians 5:13For ye — to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye 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 →