2 Corinthians 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.
American Standard Version

Treated in 13 passages across the library.

  1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    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…

  2. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    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…

  3. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · 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 …

  4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    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…

  5. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    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 …

  6. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    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,…

  7. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    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…

  8. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    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…

  9. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Conformed to the Image of Christ cites 2 Corinthians 3:18

    …age from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:18). Our work is to "behold," and, as we behold, the Lord carries out the marvellous transfo…

  10. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    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, …

  11. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    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…

  12. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    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…

  13. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    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…

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