2 Corinthians 3:17

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

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 greatest importance for his Christology, “ the Lord is the Spirit.” For here, as elsewhere with few exceptions, “ the Lord” is Christ. It is the heavenly Christ whom he recognises as the Spirit. Their influence is the same. He who turns to the One turns to the Other. And where the Spirit is there is... read more

Matthew Poole

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

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 is not merely prepositive, but emphatical; and so referreth to 2 Corinthians 3:6, where the gospel (the substance of which is Christ) was called the Spirit. So it is judged by some, that the apostle preventeth a question which some might have propounded, viz. how the veil should be taken away by men’s... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

CRITICAL NOTESN.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 3:1.—Q.d. “There, he is at it again! [2 Corinthians 2:17, or perhaps cf. 1 Corinthians 9:1-6; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 1 Corinthians 9:21; or something he had said at Corinth, known to his readers]. Praising himself!” [Familiarly, “Blowing his own trumpet, since no one else will do it for him.”] “Am I?” (q.d. in 2... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

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 at all. When his face is shining with most radiance, then it is that he bares it before the assembled multitude. They dread to come near him, but they are persuaded to draw nigh, and with his face shining with the glory that it got from God, he talks to the people; when he has done speaking, he hides his... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:17

2 Corinthians 3:17 Spiritual Liberty. These words form the climax of the argument contained in the whole of the chapter. Through the chapter Paul puts law and gospel side by side. He shows us that there was a glory attached to the legal dispensation, but that the glory of the gospel far exceeds it in many respects. He notes first that it transcends the law in glory, in that the literal knowledge of the law, as engraven on stone, had no power whatever to affect the heart of the man who read it.... read more

Charles Simeon

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

DISCOURSE: 2011CHRIST THE SOUL OF THE ENTIRE SCRIPTURES2 Corinthians 3:17. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.THE Scriptures are not sufficiently viewed as a whole. We are apt to take detached parts only, and to form opinions from them, when we ought rather to regard every part in its connexion with the rest; and so to get a comprehensive view of religion, in all its parts, and in all its bearings. The truth is, that revelation is the same from... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:17

Spiritual Liberty A Sermon (No. 9) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February 18th, 1855, by the REV. C. H. Spurgeon At Exeter Hall, Strand. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." 2 Corinthians 3:17 . LIBERTY is the birthright of every man. He may be born a pauper; he may be a foundling; his parentage may be altogether unknown; but liberty is his inalienable birthright. Black may be his skin; he may live... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians.Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always those, it seems, who are ready to come in upon another man's work, and to reap the benefits of another man's labor, but aren't really willing to go out and to break fresh ground themselves. Those that endeavor to live off the body of Christ, rather than really developing the body of Christ.The body... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

2 Corinthians 3:1-3 . 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 teachers. Or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you? Ye are our epistles, living epistles, written in our hearts, and carried in our bosoms wherever we may go. Your wisdom and piety, and all your moral glory as a people, record our fame. We are bold to say that the church at... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

2 Corinthians 3:12-18Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech The duty of outspokenness on religious questionsTrue religion is very simple and very deep.A s simple as this statement, “God is good”; as deep as life and death. But it has ever been hard for men to receive religion in all its simplicity and in all its depth. They want something they can touch and handle, something to fill the imagination, something with many colours to attract the eye. And human teachers... read more

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