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2 Corinthians 3:16
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but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
Neuerthelesse, when it shall turne to the Lord, the vaile shall be taken away.
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
but whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But when a person changes and follows the Lord, that covering is taken away.
but whenever a person turns [in repentance and faith] to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
with a covering that is removed only for those who turn to the Lord.
"But," says the Torah, "whenever someone turns to Adonai , the veil is taken away."
But when it shall turn to [the] Lord, the veil is taken away.)
But when someone changes and follows the Lord, that covering is taken away.
Nevertheless whenever a man turns to the LORD, the veil is taken away.
But it can be removed, as the scripture says about Moses: "His veil was removed when he turned to the Lord."
but whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
But whenever it turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Ex. 34:34
But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away.
But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.Exodus 34:34; Isaiah 25:7; Romans 11:23,26;">[xr]
And when any one of them is converted unto the Lord, the veil from him is uplifted.
But when any of them is turned unto the Lord, the vail is taken from him.
Neuerthelesse, when it shall turne to the Lorde, the vayle shalbe taken away.
But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
But whenever the heart of the nation shall have returned to the Lord, the veil will be withdrawn.
But whanne Israel schal be conuertid to God, the veil schal be don awei.
But upon turning to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whenever a man turns to the Lord, the covering is taken away.
but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
Howbeit, whensoever he turneth unto the Lord, he taketh off the veil:
But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
but when a man turns to the Lord the veil is removed.
Neverthelesse when they tourne to ye Lorde the vayle shalbe taken awaye.
and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.
Neuertheles wha they turne to the LORDE, the vayle shalbe taken awaye.
but when their mind shall turn to the Lord, that veil too shall be taken away.
Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We're free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.
But when someone changes and believes in the Lord and decides once and for all to ride for him, that covering is stripped away.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
when: Exodus 34:34, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 30:10, Lamentations 3:40, Hosea 3:4, Hosea 3:5, Romans 11:25-27
the veil: Isaiah 25:7, Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 54:13, Jeremiah 31:34, John 6:45, John 6:46
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:45 - for their Deuteronomy 30:2 - return unto Isaiah 11:11 - set his hand Acts 9:35 - turned Acts 26:20 - turn Romans 11:23 - General
Cross-References
Nowe the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the fielde, which the Lord God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God in deede said, Ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?
So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches.
Afterward they heard the voyce of the Lord God walking in the garden in the coole of the day, and the man & his wife hid themselues from the presence of the Lorde God among the trees of the garden.
But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?
Who saide, I heard thy voyce in the garden, and was afraide: because I was naked, therefore I hid my selfe.
And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate?
Then the man saide, The woman which thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
Vnto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy sorowes, and thy conceptions. In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children, and thy desire shalbe subiect to thine husbande, and he shall rule ouer thee.
Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord,.... The heart, upon which the veil now is; or the body of the Jewish nation, as in the latter day; when they "shall turn", or "be turned", by the Spirit, power, and grace of God, to the Lord Jesus Christ, and look upon him whom they have pierced, and mourn, and embrace him as the true Messiah and only Saviour:
the veil shall be taken away; the veil of blindness and ignorance, respecting themselves, case, state, and condition, and the way of salvation by Christ; the veil of unbelief, with regard to his person, offices, and grace, and of error in points of the greatest moment and importance; then all the darkness and obscurity that is upon the books of Moses and the prophets, and which is now upon their hearts in reading them, will be gone. The prophecies of the Old Testament will be seen in their proper light, and to be evidently fulfilled in Christ; the true nature, use, and end of the law, will be discovered; and both they and that will be freed from all darkness that now attends them. The Jews themselves acknowledge, that though the law is light, yet there is an obscurity in it, by reason of the several ways of interpreting it; and therefore,
"he that studies in it, has need to remove, מסוה אחר מסוה, "veil after veil", which is upon the face of it, in order to come at the light of it g:''
and intimate, that the veil on Moses's face was an emblem of this obscurity, which agrees with what the apostle hints in this context; and also own, that there is now upon them a veil of ignorance; and, say they h, God has promised to remove, מסך הסכלות מעל שכלנו, perhaps it should be מסוה, "the veil of folly off of our understanding", referring, as is thought, to Isaiah 25:7.
g R. Abraham Seba in Tzeror Hammor, fol. 90. 2. h Chobat Halebabot, par. 1. c. 3. apud L. Capell. in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Nevertheless - This is not always to continue. The time is coming when they shall understand their own Scriptures, and see their true beauty.
When it shall turn to the Lord - When the Jewish people shall be converted. The word “it” here refers undoubtedly to “Israel” in 2 Corinthians 3:13; and the sense is, that their blindness is not always to remain; there is to be a period when they shall turn to God, and shall understand his promises, and become acquainted with the true nature of their own religion. This subject the apostle has discussed at much greater length in the eleventh chapter of the Epistle to the Romans; see the notes on that chapter.
The vail shall be taken away - They shall then understand the true meaning of the prophecies, and the true nature of their own institutions. They shall see that they refer to the Lord Jesus, the incarnate Son of God, and the true Messiah. The genuine sense of their sacred oracles shall break upon their view with full and irresistible light. There may be an allusion in the language here to the declaration in Isaiah 25:7, “And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.” This verse teaches:
(1) That the time will come when the Jews shall be converted to Christianity; expressed here by their turning unto the Lord, that is, the Lord Jesus; see the note, Acts 1:24.
(2) It seems to be implied that their conversion will be a conversion of “the people” at large; a conversion that shall be nearly simultaneous; a conversion “en masse.” Such a conversion we have reason to anticipate of the Jewish nation.
(3) The effect of this will be to make them acquainted with the true sense of their own Scriptures, and the light and beauty of the sayings of their own prophets, Now they are in deep darkness on the sub ject; then they will see how entirely they meet and harmonize in the Lord Jesus.
(4) The true and only way of having a correct and full meaning of the Bible is by turning unto God. Love to Him, and a disposition to do His will, is the best means of interpreting the Bible.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. When it shall turn to the Lord — When the Israelitish nation shall turn to the LORD Jesus, the veil shall be taken away; the true light shall shine; and they shall see all things clearly.
There is an evident allusion here to the case of Moses, mentioned Exodus 34:34. When he came from the Lord, and spoke to the Israelites, he put the veil over his face; but when he returned to speak with the Lord, then he took off the veil. So, when the Israelitish nation shall return to speak with and pray to the Lord Jesus, the veil of darkness and ignorance shall be taken away from their hearts; but never before that time. The words seem to imply:
1. That there will be a conversion of the Jews to Christianity; and,
2. That this conversion will be en masse; that a time will come when the whole nation of the Jews, in every place, shall turn to Christ; and then the Gentiles and Jews make one fold, under one Shepherd and Bishop of all souls.
