2 Corinthians 3:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

2 Corinthians 3:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 34:34
But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
Isaiah 29:18
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Isaiah 25:7
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
John 6:45-46
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. …
Romans 11:23
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

Topics

God Israel, Prophecies Concerning Mysteries

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-18)

In these verses the apostle draws two inferences from what he had said about the Old and New Testament:— I. Concerning the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness or clearness of speech. They ought not, like Moses, to put a veil upon their faces, or obscure and darken those things which they should make plain. The gospel is a more clear dispensation than the law; the things of G…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

14-18. Parenthetical: Of Christians in general. He resumes the subject of the ministry, 2Co 4:1. minds--Greek, “mental perceptions”; “understandings.” blinded--rather, “hardened.” The opposite to “looking steadfastly at the end” of the law (2Co 3:13). The veil on Moses’ face is further typical of the veil that is on their hearts. untaken away ... which veil--rather, “the same veil ... remaineth un…