2 Corinthians 3:14 BSB

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

BSB

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ASV

but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.

KJV

But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

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Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book V (220)

For only there is superiority possible where was previously the thing over which superiority can be affirmed. But then he says, "But their minds were blinded" -of the world; certainly not the Creator's mind, but the minds of the people which are in the world.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But their minds were blinded,.... This confirms the sense given of the foregoing verse, and shows, that not the Israelites only in Moses's time, but the Jews in the times of the Gospel, had their minds so blinded, that they could not behold the glory of the Gospel, nor Christ the end of the law; see Rom 11:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

On the public reading of the Old Testament - The veil is not now on the face of Moses or of his writings, but on the reading of them, and on the heart of them that believe not. Which is taken away in Christ - That is, from the heart of them that truly believe on him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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).

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
ἐπωρώθη	epōrōthē	were hardened	G4456 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
νοήματα	noēmata	minds	G3540 →
αὐτῶν.	autōn	of them.	G846 →
ἄχρι	achri	Until	G891 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
σήμερον	sēmeron	present	G4594 →
ἡμέρας	hēmeras	day	G2250 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
αὐτὸ	auto	same	G846 →
κάλυμμα	kalumma	veil	G2571 →
ἐπὶ	epi	at	G1909 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ἀναγνώσει	anagnōsei	reading	G320 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
παλαιᾶς	palaias	old	G3820 →
διαθήκης	diathēkēs	covenant	G1242 →
μένει	menei	remains	G3306 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἀνακαλυπτόμενον,	anakaluptomenon	being lifted,	G343 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Χριστῷ	Christō	Christ	G5547 →
καταργεῖται,	katargeitai	is being removed,	G2673 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Ephesians 1:18
  I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Ephesians 5:8
  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Acts 20:32
  And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
- Isaiah 42:7
  to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Through
Romans 11:25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles…
leads to
- Luke 21:24
  They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14–16
  But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- Romans 16:25
  Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Corinthians