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AND NOT AS MOSES - Our conduct is not like that of Moses. We make no
attempt to conceal anything in regard to the nature, design, and
duration of the gospel. We leave nothing designedly in mystery.
WH...
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4. THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IN CONTRAST WITH THE OLD.
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1)_
2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4)
3. The Old and New Ministry Con...
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This opens the way for a comparison between the ministry under the one
covenant and the ministry under the other. The former, even though its
issue was historically failure, condemnation, and death, a...
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EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
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It is because we possess such a hope that we speak with such freedom.
We do not draw a veil over things, as Moses did over his face so that
the children of Israel should not gaze at the end of the glo...
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VAIL. Greek _kalununa._ Only here and in verses: 2Co 3:14, 2
Corinthians 3:15; 2 Corinthians 3:16.
OVER. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. See Exodus 34:33.
THAT, &c.. with. vi
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_And not as Moses_ i.e. we do not act as Moses did, who put a veil on
his face.
_that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of
that which is abolished_ The Greek implies that Mos...
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The Ministration of the Spirit superior to that of the Law
7. _But if the ministration of death_ He does not say -which
causeth," but -the ministration of death," for that which
_caused_death was sin...
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ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ (ABCFGLP) rather than ἑαντοῦ (אDK).
13. ΚΑῚ ΟΥ̓ ΚΑΘΆΠΕΡ Μ. ἘΤΊΘΕΙ ΚΆΛΥΜΜΑ.
_And not, as M. used to put a veil over his face_, do we act. The
suppression of what corresponds to καθάπερ, ὥσπερ,...
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12–18. This overwhelming superiority of the Gospel inspires its
ministers with great boldness. An Apostle has no need to veil the
glory which he has received, for there is no fear of its being seen to...
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_THE VEIL IS DONE AWAY IN CHRIST 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12-15:_ The hope of
the perpetual nature of the New Testament gave Paul the courage to
speak freely or with boldness. Just as the veil covered Moses' f...
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ΚΑΙ ΟΎ вводит сокращенное главное
_прид._: "мы не делаем, как" (BD, 255).
ΈΤΊΘΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087)
помещать; обыденный _impf._ "имел
обыкновение класть" (RWP).
ΚΆΛΥΜΜΑ (G2509) то,...
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COULD NOT STEADFASTLY LOOK, &C.— St. Paul is here justifying in
himself, and to other ministers of the gospel, the plainness and
openness of their preaching, which he had asserted in the preceding
ver...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Paul's Great Boldness of Speech
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 3:12-13. Having therefore such a hope, we use great
boldness of speech, 13 and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon hi...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 3
It Divests People of Freedom (2 Corinthians 3:12-17)
12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13not like Moses, who
put a veil over his face so that the Israelit...
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And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children
of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is
abolished:
We use no disguise, 'as Moses put a veil over his face...
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6 The covenant of the letter is the law of Moses which was engraven in
stone, to symbolize its unyielding sternness. There is no reference to
the letter of Scripture. It is the law that kills, just as...
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This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries
on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct....
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PARAPHRASE. 'Since our hopes of the future of the gospel are so great,
we speak frankly and boldly. (13) We do not seek to conceal anything
as Moses concealed his face with a veil lest the people shou...
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In this and the next two vv. we have a good example of St. Paul's
habit of blending the allegorical with the historical interpretation
of the OT.: see also Galatians 4:22. The reference here is to Exo...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 But we are not trying to recommend ourselves. And we do not need
letters to recommend us, like some people. V2 You a...
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AND NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VAIL OVER HIS FACE. — The Apostle, it
must be remembered, has in his thoughts either the LXX. version of
Exodus 34:33, or an interpretation of the Hebrew answering to tha...
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CHAPTER 10
THE TRANSFIGURING SPIRIT
2 Corinthians 3:12 (R.V)
THE "hope" which here explains the Apostle's freedom of speech is to
all intents and purposes the same as the "confidence" in 2 Corinthia...
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καὶ οὐ καθάπερ κ. τ. λ.: _and_ (we put no veil upon
our face) _as Moses put a veil upon his face_. The construction is
broken, but the sense is obvious; _cf._, for a somewhat similar
abbreviation, Mar...
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THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IS (_b_) OPEN, NOT VEILED, AS WAS
THAT OF THE OLD. The illustration from the O.T. which is used in these
verses has been obscured for English readers by the faulty ren...
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THE VEIL UPON THE HEART
2 Corinthians 3:7
By a quick turn of thought, Paul passes from the idea of the fleshly
tablets of the heart, where God writes His new name, to the Law graven
on the ancient ta...
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The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the
power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read
of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They w...
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SEEING CHRIST'S GLORY WITH THE VEIL REMOVED
Just as Moses used a veil to cover the glory shining on his face
(Exodus 34:33), so he used types and shadows to cover the glory of the
Lord. Christians can...
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(4) And not as Moses, [which] put a vail over his face, that the
children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the (m) end of that
which is abolished:
(4) He expounds along the way the allegory of M...
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The apostle here informs the Corinthians that the apostles speak with
confidence, without any veil, discovering to men mysteries hidden from
the foundation of the world; not like Moses, who put a veil...
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(7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones,
was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly
behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; whic...
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13._Not as Moses _Paul is not reasoning as to the intention of Moses.
For as it was his office, to publish the law to his people, so, there
can be no doubt that he was desirous, that its true meaning...
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These words give rise to an exposition of the gospel in contrast with
the law, which the false teachers mixed up with the gospel. He gives
this exposition with the most touching appeal to the heart of...
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AND NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VEIL OVER HIS FACE,.... This he did,
because there was such a glory upon his face when he came down from
the mount, that the Israelites could not bear to look upon him; a...
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And not as Moses, _which_ put a vail over his face, that the children
of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is
abolished:
Ver. 13. _Could not stedfastly, &c._] Could not clearl...
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_Seeing then_ Upon these grounds spoken of from 2 Corinthians 3:5;
_that we have such hope_ Such confidence of the excellence of our
ministry, or such an assurance that the gospel excels the law in it...
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NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VEIL OVER HIS FACE; our message is not in
any measure concealed, as was the face of Moses, in token of the
darkness of that dispensation.
COULD NOT STEADFASTLY LOOK TO THE E...
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AND NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VEIL OVER HIS FACE THAT THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL COULD NOT STEADFASTLY LOOK TO THE END OF THAT WHICH IS
ABOLISHED....
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The effect of the two ministries:...
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Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or
defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not
so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that he...
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12-18 It is the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great
plainness, or clearness, of speech. The Old Testament believers had
only cloudy and passing glimpses of that glorious Saviour, and
unb...
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We have the history to which this passage of the apostle relateth, in
EXODUS 34:33,35, where we read, that _when Moses had done speaking, he
put a veil on his face._ The apostle here elegantly turns t...
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and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children
of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was
passing away:...
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Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes
This, therefore, is the word of censure upon the children of Israel,
because they read Moses and yet do not understand him, and refuse to
t...
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2 Corinthians 3:13 unlike G2532 G3756 G2509 Moses G3475 put G5087
(G5707) veil G2571 over G1909 his...
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CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO
COVENANTS (2 CORINTHIANS 3:12)
‘Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, and
are not as Moses, who put a veil on hi...
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2 Corinthians 3:13. AND ARE NOT AS MOSES, _WHO _ PUT A VEIL UPON HIS
FACE, THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHOULD NOT LOOK STEDFASTLY TO THE
END OF THAT WHICH WAS PASSING AWAY. Here again the reference is...
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PUT A VEIL UPON HIS FACE
(ετιθε καλυμμα επ το προσωπον αυτου).
Imperfect active of τιθημ, used to put (Exodus 34:33).THAT THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHOULD NOT LOOK STEADFASTLY
(προς το μη ατενισα του...
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2 Corinthians 3:12
Mirrors of Christ.
I. Note first what St. Paul means when he speaks of why Moses put the
veil upon his face. You think it was because it was too bright that he
did so. Not at all....
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CONTENTS: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and
glorious character.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses.
CONCLUSION: True ministers are Christ's instruments, for He is th...
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2 Corinthians 3:1. _Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ A happy
mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into
self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false
teachers....
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NOT LIKE MOSES. Paul again compares himself to Moses, and shows the
veil which Moses put over his face symbolized both a lack of boldness
and that God's truth was _veiled_ in The Law. But as the glory...
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_Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech
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THE DUTY OF OUTSPOKENNESS ON RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
True religion is very simple and very deep.
A s simple as this statement, “Go...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:13 VEIL is the key concept in
vv. 2 Corinthians 3:13. so that the Israelites might not
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12 If Paul’s ministry
announces life, not death, then why are the majority of the Jews in
Paul’s day still rejecting it? Does Israel’s rejection of Paul’s
message...
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CHAPTER III.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. Paul asserts that he does not seek or need the praise of men, as
the Judaising false apostles sought it: the fruit of his preaching is,
he says, sufficient co...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,”
and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians
2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10.
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EXPOSITION
Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does
not need (2 Corinthians 3:1). His sufficiency comes from God (2
Corinthians 3:4), who has made him minister of a coven...
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Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians.
Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men
that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always
t...
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2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 2:17; Ephesians 2:14; Ephesians 2:15;...
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Could not steadfastly look. Rev., should not. See Exodus 34:30-35,
where the A. V., by the use of till, gives the wrong impression that
Moses wore the veil while speaking to the people, in order to hi...
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And we do not act as Moses did, who put a veil over his face — Which
is to be understood with regard to his writings also. So that the
children of Israel could not look steadfastly to the end of that...
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Did Moses wear a veil when speaking to the people or not?
PROBLEM: Exodus 34:33 (KJV) asserts that, “Till Moses had done
speaking with them, he put a vail [sic] on his face” (cf. v. 35).
This implies...