2 CORINTHIANS 3:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away — the veil represents spiritual hardness or opacity. The reading of the old covenant without Christ leaves the mind veiled. The veil is not removed unless one turns to Christ.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 3:14
“But their minds were hardened, for until this day remains the same veil in the reading of the Old Covenant, [it] not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.” See what he establishes by this. For what happened then once in the case of Moses, the same happens continually in the case of the Law. What is said, therefore, is no accusation of the Law, as neither is it of Moses that he then veiled himself, but only the senseless Jews. For the law has its proper…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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