2 Corinthians 3:18
But all of us, our faces uncovered, look upon the Lord's glory as in a mirror, and we are being changed into the same image we see, from glory to ever greater glory. That is how the Lord, who is the Spirit, works.
Treated in 33 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High ·
The Holy Spirit in Second Corinthians cites 2 Corinthians 3:18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18. These three verses present to us five striking and instructive symbols of the Holy…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…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…
- Communion with God ·
Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…by him, and to be obtained only from him. And thereby in him do we see the glory of God, 2 Cor. iii. 18. For he is not only said to be “the wisdom of God,” but also to be “made unto us wisdom,”…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation, in its consequential affections cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…and so be translated into the image of the same glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord, 2 Cor. iii. 18. 2. His kingdom. They shall be acquainted with the government of his Spirit in their…
- Communion with God ·
Of the things wherein we have communion with the Holy Ghost cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…image of the Father and the Son. “We are changed into this image by the Lord the Spirit,” 2 Cor. iii. 18; and herein he brings us into fellowship with himself. Our likeness to him gives us…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
A Divine and Supernatural Light cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…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…
- 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 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
…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
…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…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 15 — State in Which Man Was Created cites 2 Cor. 3:18
…of Manicheism. But from the words of Paul, when treating of the renewal of the image (2 Cor. 3:18), the inference is obvious, that man was conformable to God, not by an influx of…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Seventh Stage cites 2 Cor. 3:18
…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…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
The Visible Church cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 A hard edge It should be said honestly that Bonhoeffer’s insistence on the visible church…
- 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…
- The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer ·
The Gaze of the Soul cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 Confidence in God In a sermon now in the Ochorus library, Faith, as Confidence in God…
- Daughters of the King – 30 Days with God for Girls – Book 1 ·
Day 2 — Made to Reflect Him cites 2 Corinthians 3:18
…into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” — 2 Corinthians 3:18 (BSB) Have you ever seen the moon glowing brightly in the night sky? It’s beautiful. But…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
God’s Side and Man’s Side cites 2 Corinthians 3:18
…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…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Conformed to the Image of Christ cites 2 Corinthians 3:18
…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…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites 2 Cor. 3:18
…changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord,” (2 Cor. 3:18). In such degrees of ignorance much doubt and trembling is necessarily implied…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
Repentance the Whole Life Long cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 Sin remains, but does not reign This leads to one of Calvin’s most realistic teachings.…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
Walking with God cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 Seven means The heart of the sermon is Whitefield’s account of the means by which…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
God’s Side and Man’s Side cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 To explain how a person can be pleasing to God and still very unfinished, she used the…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
The Prayer of Simplicity cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 We become like what we look at. A Christian who spends time quietly attending to the Lord…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
The Glory of Christ cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 To behold Christ is to be changed into His likeness. The Mortification of Sin ended by…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Conclusion cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
…as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 Twenty chapters can give the impression that Jonathan Edwards taught many things. He…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Where true wisdom and judgment is, there Christ sets up his government cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…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…
- 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
…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…
- 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
…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…
- 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…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
The Word of God and Prayer cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Lord the Spirit."* * 2 Cor. iii. 18. But perhaps the greatest advantage will be that the Holy Scriptures will thus suggest…
- Holiness ·
Sin cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…of the Lord, we are changed into the same image even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2 Cor. iii. 18.) Whatever some may please to think or say, there can be no doubt that an increased…
- Holiness ·
Christ Is All cites 2 Cor. iii. 18
…off and leaving you, and your eyes enlightened more and more every day. (Heb. xii. 2; 2 Cor. iii. 18.) The true secret of coming up out of the wilderness is to come up “leaning on the…
- How to Pray ·
The Importance of Prayer cites 2 Cor. 3:18
…in prayer and gaze into His face, I am changed into His own image from glory to glory ( 2 Cor. 3:18). Each day of true prayer life finds me liker to my glorious Lord. John Welch, son-in-law…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Man's Chief End cites 2 Cor 3:18
…us?’, when the Spirit transforms the heart, leaving an impress of holiness upon it. 2 Cor 3:18. ‘We are changed into the same image, from glory to glory.’ When the Spirit revives the…