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2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 evleuqeri,a
In order to provide a correlative for ou- the Textus Receptus,
following ac Db, c F G K L P Y most minuscules itd, g vg syrh copsa
goth arm eth, i...
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Verse 17. _NOW THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT_] In 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2
Corinthians 3:8, the word το πνευμα, _spirit_, evidently
signifies the Gospel; so called because it points out the _spiritual
nature_...
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NOW THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT - The word “Lord” here evidently
refers to the Lord Jesus; see 2 Corinthians 3:16. It may be observed
in general in regard to this word, that where it occurs in the New
Tes...
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4. THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IN CONTRAST WITH THE OLD.
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1)_
2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4)
3. The Old and New Ministry Con...
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2 Corinthians 3:17 F. In 2 Corinthians 3:17 he explains the deep
reasons why turning to the Lord is followed by the removal of the
veil, and in so doing gives utterance to a statement of the greatest...
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EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
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It is because we possess such a hope that we speak with such freedom.
We do not draw a veil over things, as Moses did over his face so that
the children of Israel should not gaze at the end of the glo...
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LORD. App-98.
THAT. the.
SPIRIT. App-101. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:6....
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_Now the Lord is that Spirit_ Literally THE _spirit_, i.e. the spirit
which was to replace the letter. The sense is as follows: -The Lord
(of whom I have just spoken see last verse) is the spirit of w...
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The Ministration of the Spirit superior to that of the Law
7. _But if the ministration of death_ He does not say -which
causeth," but -the ministration of death," for that which
_caused_death was sin...
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ΚΥΡΊΟΥ, ἘΛΕΥΘΕΡΊΑ (אABCD) rather than Κυρίου,
ἐκεῖ ἐλευθερία (א3D2D3FGKLP, Arm. Aeth.). Hort
suspects that the original reading was κύριον,
ἑλευθερία.
2 Corinthians 3:1 to 2 Corinthians 6:10. VINDICAT...
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12–18. This overwhelming superiority of the Gospel inspires its
ministers with great boldness. An Apostle has no need to veil the
glory which he has received, for there is no fear of its being seen to...
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_CHANGED INTO THE SAME IMAGE 2 CORINTHIANS 3:16-18:_ The veil that
Paul spoke of was taken away from the hearts of those that turned to
Christ. During the early days of Christianity many of the Jews f...
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ΟΎ (G3757) rel. _pron._ где. ΈΛΕΥΘΕΡΊΑ (G1657)
вольность, свобода. Конец действия
написанного закона означает свободу
(Barrett; NIDNTT; TDNT)....
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DISCOURSE: 2011
CHRIST THE SOUL OF THE ENTIRE SCRIPTURES
2 Corinthians 3:17. _Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is liberty_.
THE Scriptures are not sufficiently...
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NOW THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT:— _Now where the Lord is, the Spirit
is._ Le Clerc. _Now the Spirit is the Lord; and where that Spirit is,
there is the liberty of the Lord._ Wells. These words, according...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Transformed
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 3:16-18. But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord the
veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the
Spirit of the Lord is...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 3
It Divests People of Freedom (2 Corinthians 3:12-17)
12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13not like Moses, who
put a veil over his face so that the Israelit...
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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.
Parenthetical: of Christians in general...
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6 The covenant of the letter is the law of Moses which was engraven in
stone, to symbolize its unyielding sternness. There is no reference to
the letter of Scripture. It is the law that kills, just as...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 But we are not trying to recommend ourselves. And we do not need
letters to recommend us, like some people. V2 You a...
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NOW THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT. — Better, _the Lord is the Spirit._ The
words seem at first inconsistent with the formulated precision of the
Church’s creeds, distinguishing the persons of the Godhead fr...
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CHAPTER 10
THE TRANSFIGURING SPIRIT
2 Corinthians 3:12 (R.V)
THE "hope" which here explains the Apostle's freedom of speech is to
all intents and purposes the same as the "confidence" in 2 Corinthia...
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THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IS (_b_) OPEN, NOT VEILED, AS WAS
THAT OF THE OLD. The illustration from the O.T. which is used in these
verses has been obscured for English readers by the faulty ren...
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ὁ δὲ Κύριος τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν : _but the
LORD, i.e._, the Jehovah of Israel, spoken of in the preceding
quotation, _is the Spirit_, the Author of the New Covenant of grace,
to whom the new Israel is inv...
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THE VEIL UPON THE HEART
2 Corinthians 3:7
By a quick turn of thought, Paul passes from the idea of the fleshly
tablets of the heart, where God writes His new name, to the Law graven
on the ancient ta...
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The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the
power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read
of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They w...
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SEEING CHRIST'S GLORY WITH THE VEIL REMOVED
Just as Moses used a veil to cover the glory shining on his face
(Exodus 34:33), so he used types and shadows to cover the glory of the
Lord. Christians can...
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Now the (n) Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord
[is], there [is] liberty.
(n) Christ is that Spirit who takes away that covering, by working in
our hearts, to which also the Law its...
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Now the Lord is a Spirit. Many expound it, the Spirit is the Lord.
And where this Lord and this Spirit is, there is liberty; i.e. by this
Spirit, they who are sanctified are freed from the slavery of...
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(17) Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty. (18) But we all, with open face beholding as in a
glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image...
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_CHRISTIAN LIBERTY_
‘Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.’
2 Corinthians 3:17
If we allow our thoughts to dwell on the subject of ‘liberty,’ we
find it to be indeed a subject worthy o...
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17._The Lord is the Spirit. _This passage, also, has been
misinterpreted, as if Paul had meant to say, that Christ is of a
spiritual essence, for they connect it with that statement in John
4:24, _God...
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These words give rise to an exposition of the gospel in contrast with
the law, which the false teachers mixed up with the gospel. He gives
this exposition with the most touching appeal to the heart of...
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NOW THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT,.... "The Lord", to whom the heart is
turned, when the veil is removed, is Jesus Christ; and he is "that
Spirit", or "the Spirit": he, as God, is of a spiritual nature and...
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Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord _is_,
there _is_ liberty.
Ver. 17. _The Lord is that Spirit_] Christ only can give the Jews that
noble spirit, as David calleth him, Psal...
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2 Cor. 3:17, 18. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty;"
that is, freedom of looking; and behold our sight is not hindered as
the children of Israel's was, but we have liberty to see. "Bu...
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2 Cor. 3:17. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." It
seems to refer to that place, Psalms 51:12, where the Spirit of God is
called the free Spirit. 2 Cor. 3:17-18...
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_Now the Lord_ Christ _is that Spirit_ Of the law of which I spake
before, to whom the letter of it was intended to lead; and it is the
office of the Spirit of God, as the great agent in his kingdom,...
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THE LORD; the Lord Jesus.
IS THAT SPIRIT; more literally, is the spirit; the spirit in contrast
with the letter, verse 2 Corinthians 3:6. The Old Testament types,
figures, and prophecies, taken witho...
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The effect of the two ministries:...
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NOW, THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT; AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS,
THERE IS LIBERTY....
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Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or
defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not
so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that he...
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12-18 It is the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great
plainness, or clearness, of speech. The Old Testament believers had
only cloudy and passing glimpses of that glorious Saviour, and
unb...
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The Lord Christ was a man, but not a mere man; but one who had the
Divine nature personally united to his human nature, which is called
the SPIRIT, MARK 2:8. But some think, that the article here is n...
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Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty....
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Origen Against Celsus Book VI
that we are to worship the Father, but "in truth," which "came by
Jesus Christ," after the giving of the law by Moses. For when we turn
to the Lord (and the Lord is a Sp...
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2 Corinthians 3:17 Now G1161 Lord G2962 is G2076 (G5748) Spirit G4151
and G1161 where G3757 Spirit G4151
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‘Now the Lord is the spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.'
We must probably see this as an explanation of Whom ‘the Lord' is in
2 Corinthians 3:16. If ‘the Lord' there refers...
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2 Corinthians 3:17. NOW THE LORD the glorified Lord of the Church IS
THE SPIRIT that quickening Spirit, who “by the Holy Ghost sent down
from heaven” makes the Gospel “spirit and life” to “as many as...
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NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT
(ο δε Κυριος το πνευμα εστιν). Some, like E. F.
Scott (_The Spirit in the N.T._), take Κυριος here to be Christ
and interpret Paul as denying the personality of the Holy S...
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2 Corinthians 3:17
Spiritual Liberty.
These words form the climax of the argument contained in the whole of
the chapter. Through the chapter Paul puts law and gospel side by
side. He shows us that th...
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2 Corinthians 3:12
Mirrors of Christ.
I. Note first what St. Paul means when he speaks of why Moses put the
veil upon his face. You think it was because it was too bright that he
did so. Not at all....
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CONTENTS: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and
glorious character.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses.
CONCLUSION: True ministers are Christ's instruments, for He is th...
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2 Corinthians 3:1. _Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ A happy
mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into
self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false
teachers....
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IS THE SPIRIT. What does it mean for the Christian to have this veil
removed??? This verse gives the answer!!! Paul is a
_monotheistic-trinitarian_ (see note on Romans 16:27) and he does not
sharply c...
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_Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech
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THE DUTY OF OUTSPOKENNESS ON RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
True religion is very simple and very deep.
A s simple as this statement, “Go...
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_Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty._
CHRIST THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTIANITY
I. Note the great principles in the text.
1. Christianity is a spirit.
(1) Th...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT.
Paul seems to be saying that the Christian’s experience of the
ministry of the Spirit under the new covenant (vv....
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12 If Paul’s ministry
announces life, not death, then why are the majority of the Jews in
Paul’s day still rejecting it? Does Israel’s rejection of Paul’s
message...
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CHAPTER III.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. Paul asserts that he does not seek or need the praise of men, as
the Judaising false apostles sought it: the fruit of his preaching is,
he says, sufficient co...
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_Now the Lord is that Spirit_. (1.) The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
are not body but spirit. Spirit in this explanation is taken
_essentially_ for what is common to the Three Persons. So S. Ambrose....
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,”
and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians
2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10.
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EXPOSITION
Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does
not need (2 Corinthians 3:1). His sufficiency comes from God (2
Corinthians 3:4), who has made him minister of a coven...
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Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians.
Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men
that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always
t...
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1 Corinthians 15:45; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Timothy 1:7; Galatians 4:6;...
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Now the Lord is that Spirit. Kuriov the Lord is used in Exodus 34:34
for Jehovah. The Lord Christ of ver. 16 is the Spirit who pervades and
animates the new covenant of which we are ministers (ver. 6)...
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Now the Lord — Christ is that Spirit of the law whereof I speak, to
which the letter was intended to lead. And where the Spirit of the
Lord, Christ, is, there is liberty — Not the veil, the emblem of...
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As if he had said, Christ is that quickening and life-giving Spirit
who takes away the veil from off our hearts; and where that Spirit,
that all-glorious and all-powerful Spirit of the Lord is, there...