2 Corinthians 3:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

open. unveiled. See 2 Corinthians 3:14. Here is the contrast. Moses alone beheld and reflected the Shekinah glory, we all behold and reflect the Lord's glory.

beholding... glass. reflecting, as Revised Version. Greek. katoptrizo. Only here.

changed. transformed. Greek. metamorphoomai. See Mark 9:2.

image. Greek. eiken. Compare Romans 8:29. Co 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:10.. Greek. apo. App-104.

by. from, Greek. apo.

the Spirit of the Lord. the Lord the Spirit. The word "Spirit" is in the Genitive of Apposition. App-17. See 2 Corinthians 3:6.

2 Corinthians 3:18

18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.