2 Corinthians 3
Treated in 27 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit. 12
- 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty. 5
- 3:3 being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables [that are] hearts of flesh. 2
- 3:5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 2
- 3:1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? 1
- 3:4 And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward: 1
- 3:6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 1
- 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written, [and] engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which [glory] was passing away: 1
- 3:10 For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth. 1
- 3:15 But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart. 1
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Where it is preached
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…open” or uncovered “face we behold the glory of the Lord,” tells us how: “As in a glass,” 2 Cor. iii. 18. “In a glass,” how is that? Clearly, perfectly? Alas, no! He tells you how that is, 1 Cor…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites 2 Cor 3: 1
…aled; then the ministry is honoured. ‘Need we, as some others, epistles of commendation?’ 2 Cor 3: 1. Though other ministers might need letters of commendation, yet Paul needed none; for, wh…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites 2 Corinthians 3:3
…The Spirit of the Living God The Holy Spi rit is called “The Spirit of the living God” in 2 Corinthians 3:3 : “And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink b…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Conformed to the Image of Christ cites 2 Corinthians 3:3
…th the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts" (2 Corinthians 3:3). I firmly believe that if every child of God, all over the world, would begin from this …
- The Master’s Indwelling ·
Christ Our Life cites 2 Corinthians 3:4
…" That is why Paul said: "Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God," 2 Corinthians 3:4. What does that mean? Does it only mean through Christ as the mediator or intercessor? Ve…
- Watchman Nee ·
A Life Given to Christ cites 2 Corinthians 3:5
…as highly educated and argued carefully, yet he also said, “our sufficiency is from God” (2 Corinthians 3:5, ASV). Christianity does not require a choice between thinking and dependence. It require…
- The God of All Comfort ·
God is Enough cites 2 Corinthians 3:5
…ient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God." (2 Corinthians 3:5) This, then, is what I mean by God being enough. It is that we find in Him, in the fact o…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites 2 Corinthians 3:6
…instrument that the new birth results. “It is the Spirit who gives life.” (John 6:63). In 2 Corinthians 3:6, we are told that “ For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life . ” This is sometimes…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites 2 Cor. 3:7–9
…“ministration,” (or dispensation,) we allow “was glorious;” but ours “exceeds in glory.” [2 Cor. 3:7–9] So that whosoever would bring down the Christian dispensation to the Jewish standard, wh…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse 1 cites 2 Cor. 3:10
… was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.” (2 Cor. 3:10.) 8. Above all, with what amazing love does the Son of God here reveal his Fathers will t…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.5 The Lord's Supper cites 2 Cor 3: 15
…of religion. Let it not be said of us, that ‘unto this day the vail is upon their heart.’ 2 Cor 3: 15. In this intelligent age, we cannot but have some insight into the mysteries of the gospe…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Madame Guyon — The Prisoner Whose Spirit Could Not Be Confined cites 2 Corinthians 3:17
…ent: “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17, NIV). Where the Spirit of the Lord is, every prison becomes a sanctuary. A Prayer Lord o…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
On the Holy Spirit cites 2 Cor. 3:17
…157157Preached at St. Mary’s, Oxford, on Whitsunday, 1736. “Now the Lord is that Spirit.” 2 Cor. 3:17. The Apostle had been showing how the gospel ministry was superior to that of the law: Th…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites 2 Corinthians 3:17
…ich transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 — “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Ch…
- Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites 2 Corinthians 3:17
…no longer needs to sound impressive. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Corinthians 3:17, ASV). Brokenness should increase holy freedom. The Cross and Boundaries Self-denial is n…
- Holy in Christ ·
Notes cites 2 Cor. iii. 17
…d a spirit; and the Lord Jesus Christ is called a spirit, but in contrast to the latter. (2 Cor. iii. 17.) With this we must compare the fact that, as in this passage, so often the antithesis of…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XI. It is no sign that affections are right, or that they are wrong, that they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate cites 2 Cor. 3:18
…ory of the Lord, and have the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ," 2 Cor. 3:18, and 4:6. They into whose minds "the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the i…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
A Divine and Supernatural Light cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…o the divine nature, and changes the soul into an image of the same glory that is beheld: 2 Cor. iii. 18, “But we all, with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed …
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VII. Another thing, wherein gracious affections are distinguished from others, is, that they are attended with a change of nature cites 2 Cor. 3:18
…ower and efficacy have they, that they make an alteration in the very nature of the soul: 2 Cor. 3:18, "But we all with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed i…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites 2 Cor. 3:18
… as in a glass the glory of the Lord, and are changed into the same image, by his Spirit, 2 Cor. 3:18. The elect are all predestinated to be conformed to the image of the Son of God, that he …
- All Things for Good ·
Introduction cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…xiii. 12), therefore we have not perfection of knowledge; but “we behold with open face” (2 Cor. iii. 18), therefore we have certainty. The Spirit of God imprints heavenly truths upon the heart,…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
God’s Side and Man’s Side cites 2 Corinthians 3:18
…age from one degree of glory to another’s For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”2 Corinthians 3:18. We must transform ourselves by renewing our minds. Then, we can prove God's good, accept…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christ- Like Graces of Character cites 2 Corinthians 3:18
…ge from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 3:18). Settle it, ho wever, clearly and forever that the flesh can never bear this fruit, that…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Tenth Stage cites 2 Cor. 3:18
…uld not as yet with open face behold it, but through an instrument made for that purpose. 2 Cor. 3:18. So I saw, that as they went on, there met them two men in raiment that shone like gold, …
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Seventh Stage cites 2 Cor. 3:18
…n his exaltation; whether coming to suffer, or coming to reign. James 1:23; 1 Cor. 13:12; 2 Cor. 3:18. Christiana therefore went to the shepherds apart, (now the names of the shepherds were K…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Where true wisdom and judgment is, there Christ sets up his government cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…sai. xi. 2. The knowledge which we have of him from himself, is a transforming knowledge, 2 Cor. iii. 18. The same spirit that enlighteneth the mind, inspireth gracious inclinations into the wil…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Christ's government is victorious cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
… in all this is to conform us to himself, we are by this faith changed into his likeness, 2 Cor. iii. 18, and so become conquerors over all our Spiritual enemies as he is, by that power which we…