2 CORINTHIANS 3:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.”
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away — the turning (epistrophē) is the condition; removal follows upon conversion to Christ. This is not automatic exegesis but spiritual illumination.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 3:16
“Nevertheless when [one] shall turn to the Lord,” which is, to forsake the Law, “the veil is taken away. ” Do you see that not over the face of Moses was there that veil, but over the eyesight of the Jews? For it was done, not that the glory of Moses might be hidden, but that the Jews might not see. For they were not capable. So that in them was the deficiency, for it caused not him to be ignorant of anything, but them. And he did not say indeed, “when you shall let go the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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