2 Corinthians 3:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But their minds were blinded - The word used here ( πωρόω pōroō) means rather to harden; to make hard like stone; and then to make dull or stupid. It is applied to the heart, in Mark 6:52...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This opens the way for a comparison between the ministry under the one covenant and the ministry under the other. The former, even though its issue was historically failure, condemnation, and death,...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

minds . thoughts. Greek. noema. See 2 Corinthians 2:11 . blinded . hardened. Greek. poroo. Sea Romans 11:7 ; Romans 11:26 (poroeis). this day . to-day. Greek. semeron. untaken away...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. Their understandings were blinded. He lays the whole blame upon them, inasmuch as it was owing to their blindness, that they did not make any proficiency in the doctrine of the law. H...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. But their minds were blinded - By resti...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Untaken away—which vail is done away in Christ.— Not discovered that in Christ it is done away. Castalio. Not uncovered, because in Christ [ only ] it is done away. Piscator, Bengelius, and H...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ge...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct.
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But their minds were blinded. — The Greek verb expresses strictly the callousness of a nerve that has become insensible, as in Mark 6:52 ; Mark 8:17 ; Romans 11:7 . Here, as applied to the facul...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 10 THE TRANSFIGURING SPIRIT 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (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...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Veil upon the Heart 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 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 a...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; whi...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES ‘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.’ 2 Corint...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But their minds were blinded ,.... This confirms the sense given of the foregoing verse, and shows, that not the Israelites only in Moses's time, but the Jews in the times of the Gospel, had their m...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 14. But their minds ] Unless G...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seeing then Upon these grounds spoken of from 2 Corinthians 3:5-11 ; that we have such hope Such confidence of the excellence of our ministry, or such an assurance that the gospel excels the law...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 h...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Superiority of the Gospel. A. D. 57. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great pla...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here the apostle expoundeth what he meant before by the mystical veil, viz. the blinding of the eyes of the Jews; of which we read often in the New Testament, Matthew 13:14 Mark 4:12 Luke 8:10...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Consideration of the Consequences of the Difference In the Two Covenants ( 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 ) ‘Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, and are not as Moses, who put a v...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 . 2 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

vail Omit the word italicized "vail".
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:12-18 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 a...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 teacher...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech The duty of outspokenness on religious questions True religion is very simple and very deep. A s simple as this statement,...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need ( 2 Corinthians 3:1-47 ). His sufficiency comes from God ( 2 Corinthians 3:4-47 ), who has made him min...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The effect of the two ministries:
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 4:3 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; Acts 16:14 ; Acts 26:18 ; Acts 28:26 ; Acts 28:27 ; Ephesians 1:17-20 ; Ezekiel 12:2 ; Isaiah 25:7 ; Isaiah 26:10-12 ; Isaiah 4...
2 Corinthians 3:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The same veil remaineth on their understanding unremoved — Not so much as folded back, (so the word implies,) so as to admit a little, glimmering light. On the public reading of the Old Testament —...

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes