“ But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. ”
But even unto this day - To the time when Paul wrote this Epistle, about 30 years after Christ was put to death. But it is still as true as it was in the time of Paul; and the character and condu...
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,...
when. Greek. henika. Only here and 2 Corinthians 3:16 . is . lieth. upon . Greek. epi. App-104.
DISCOURSE: 2010 THE FUTURE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS 2 Corinthians 3:15-16 . Even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the...
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
When Moses is read,— St. Paul possibly alludes here to the custom of the Jews, which continues still in the synagogue, that, when the law is read, they put a veil over their faces.
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...
This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct.
Even unto this day, when Moses is read... — The mention of Moses is decisive as to the meaning of the “Old Testament,” or covenant, in the previous verse. When he, as being read, speaks to the pe...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
But even unto this day, when Moses is read ,.... These words are an explanation of the former, and show that by the Old Testament is designed, more especially, Moses, or the writings of Moses; which...
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Ver. 15. The vail is upon their hearts ] By a malicious and voluntary hardening, they curse Christ and his worshippers in...
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...
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...
Superiority of the Gospel. A. D. 57. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great pla...
The veil, mystically signified by the veil upon Moses's face, which hindereth them from seeing or discerning the Messiah to be come. But why doth he say, when Moses, that is, the books of Moses,...
‘But to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.' The final phrase in 2 Corinthians 3:14 is repeated, but this time going a step further and applies the veil, not to ‘Moses' b...
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 3:12-18 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 3:1 . 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...
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,...
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...
The effect of the two ministries:
Acts 13:27-29