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2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:2

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries. Chapter 4.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. Chapter 4.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletComparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit:
bullet"Liberation"
bullet"The Unitive State" 
bullet"The Revealer of Truth" 
bulletCommandment XII.4, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
bulletIV.16, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bulletV.11, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
bulletChapter XV, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
bulletI.I.2, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
bulletX.18, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
bulletV.LX, VI.LXX, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
bulletXI.14, XII.11, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
bulletVII.32, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes. Chapter 4.
bullet"Continuing in the allegory of the covering, he compares the Gospel to a glass, which although it is most bright and sparkling, yet it does not dazzle their eyes who look in it, as the Law does, but instead transforms them with its beams, so that they also are partakers of the glory and shining of it, to enlighten others: as Christ said unto his own, "You are the light of the world", whereas he himself alone is the light. We are also commanded in another place to shine as candles before the world, because we are partakers of God's Spirit. But Paul speaks here properly of the ministers of the Gospel, as it appears both by that which goes before, and that which comes after, and in that he sets before them his own example and that of his fellows."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary. Chapter 4.
bullet"We should not rest contented without knowing the transforming power of the gospel, by the working of the Spirit, bringing us to seek to be like the temper and tendency of the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and into union with Him. We behold Christ, as in the glass of his word; and as the reflection from a mirror causes the face to shine, the faces of Christians shine also."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes. Chapter 4.
bullet"To triumph, implies not only victory, but an open manifestation of it. And as in triumphal processions, especially in the east, incense and perfumes were burned near the conqueror, the apostle beautifully alludes to this circumstance in the following verse: as likewise to the different effects which strong perfumes have upon different persons; some of whom they revive, while they throw others into the most violent disorders."
bulletOn the Holy Spirit (2 Cor 3:17). Sermon by John Wesley.
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). Chapter 4.
bullet"The glory of Moses' face is antitypically Christ s glory shining behind the veil of legal ordinances. The veil which has been taken off to the believer is left on to the unbelieving Jew, so that he should not see (Isa 6:10; Ac 28:26, 27). He stops short at the letter of the law, not seeing the end of it. The evangelical glory of the law, like the shining of Moses' face, cannot be borne by a carnal people, and therefore remains veiled to them until the Spirit comes to take away the veil (2Co 3:14-17) [CAMERON]."
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891. Chapter 4.
bullet"To look to Jesus has a transforming power. If we gaze upon him, we will become like him. As Moses unveiled before the Lord shone with the glory of the Lord, so we shall reflect the glory of Christ, and show forth his likeness."
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
bullet "First Thoughts on Passages on Year C Epistle Passages in the Lectionary: Transfiguration," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"Paul pits his transforming gospel against the one espoused by those who appeal to the biblical authority of laws and commandments and who see Jesus as primarily promoting a new version of Moses."
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, Wesley White. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
bullet"We like to think a relationship with G*D will bring clarity about many things - no more dim mirrors or veiled countenances. This may simply be our conceit - that we (I) can live without veils."
bullet "Glory and the Greater Glory," analysis and reflections by Cathy Lessmann at Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St Louis.
bullet"...when we see God's glory in Jesus, we see a merciful God. We feel the glow of his pleasure, and reflect it back."
bullet"The More Excellent Ministry," Geerhaudus Vos, in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed).
bullet"There is need for her ministers of placing themselves ever afresh in the light of the great apostolic consciousness revealed in our text. They should learn once more to bear their message out of the fulness of conviction that it is an unchangeable message, reliable as the veracity of God himself."
bullet"Made in the Image of God," Bill Green, in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed).
bullet"When Jesus enters our heart, he brings the renewing image of God. We are reclothed with what Adam and Eve lost. We are reclothed in righteousness and now we understand and love the truth. We can once again judge rightly between the good and the bad when before we were slaves of sin."
bullet "The Glory of the New Covenant," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet"Ecclesia, Synagoga and the Fallen Crown: Anti-Jewish Propaganda in the Middle Ages." From Jewish Heritage Online Magazine's Topic of the Month: Crown.
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet"The Law Kills but the Gospel Gives Life: The Letter-Spirit Dualism in 2 Corinthians 3.5-18," Sigurd Grindheim, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
bullet"Appunti sul come e perché il Nuovo Testamento si rapporta all'Antico," R. Penna, Biblica Vol. 81(2000) 95-104. (English Abstract)
bullet"The chief source of the expectation of a Messiah lay precisely within the Scriptures of Israel. Thereupon the fundamental hermeneutic criterion has been (and is) the Christological faith."
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletDuff, Paul B., "Glory in the Ministry of Death: Gentile Condemnation and Letters of Recommendation in 2 Cor. 3:6-18," Novum Testamentum, 2004.
bulletGrech, Prosper, OSA, "2 Corinthians 3:17 and the Pauline Doctrine of Conversion to the Holy Spirit," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1955.
bulletGreenwood, David, "The Lord Is the Spirit: Some Considerations of 2 Corinthians 3:17," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1972.
bulletGrdelidze, Tamara, "'God, in Your Grace, Transform the World,' Bible Study on 2 Corinthians 3:18," Ecumenical Review, 2004.
bulletGrindheim, Sigurd, "The Law Kills but the Gospel Gives Life: The Letter-Spirit Dualism in 2 Corinthians 3:5-18," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2001.
bulletHafemann, Scott, "Paul's Use of the Old Testament in 2 Corinthians," Interpretation, 1998.
bulletKrause, Deborah, "Keeping It Real: The Image of God in the New Testament," Interpretation, 2005.
bulletPederson, Sigfred, "Paul's Understanding of the Biblical Law," Novum Testamentum, 2002.
bulletThorsell, Paul R., "The Spirit in the Present Age: Preliminary Fulfillment of the Predicted New Covenant according to Paul," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
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bulletHymns and Music:
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: 2 Corinthians 3:18. The Cyber Hymnal.
bullet Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
bulletAt Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
bullet Take Time to Be Holy
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bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of 2 Corinthians