2 Corinthians 3:13

καὶ οὐ καθάπερ κ. τ. λ.: and (we put no veil upon our face) as Moses put a veil upon his face. The construction is broken, but the sense is obvious; cf., for a somewhat similar abbreviation, Mark 15:8, ὁ ὄχλος ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι καθὼς ἐποίει αὐτοῖς. πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀτενίσαι κ. τ. λ.: to the end that the children of Israel should not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away, sc., the evanescence of the glory on Moses' face. The A.V., “could not steadfastly look to the end of that which was abolished,” evidently takes τέλος as standing for Christ, the fulfilment of the Mosaic law (Romans 10:4). But this is not suitable to the context. πρὸς τό with an infinitive is sometimes found to express the aim or intention (never the mere result), as, e.g., Ephesians 6:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8.