2 CORINTHIANS 3:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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 are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away — Paul reinterprets Exodus 34:33-35. Moses' veil prevented Israel from seeing the glory's fading (to telos, the end). Paul suggests the veil was purposeful concealment, not merely eye-protection.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 3:13
“And not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, so that the children of Israel should not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.” Now what he says is of this nature. There is no need for us to cover ourselves as Moses did; for you are able to look upon this glory which we are encircled with, although it is far greater and brighter than the other. Do you see the advance? For he that in the former Epistle said, “I have fed you with milk, not with meat;”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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