2 Corinthians 3:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. ”

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 it...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 gr...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lord . App-98. that . the. Spirit. App-101. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:6 .
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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 suffici...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty. Now the Lord is that Spirit - In 2 Corinthians 3:6 , 2 Corinthians 3:8 , the word το πνευμα, spirit, evidentl...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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, accordi...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 wor...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 a...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 re...
2 Corinthians 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - 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 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The effect of the two ministries:
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:45 ; 2 Corinthians 3:6 ; 2 Timothy 1:7 ; Galatians 4:6 ; Isaiah 61:1 ; John 6:63 ; Psalms 51:12 ; Romans 8:15 ; Romans 8:16 ; Romans 8:2
2 Corinthians 3:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 3:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes