2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom — a theologically dense equation: the risen Christ is identified with the Spirit (ho kyrios to pneuma, though scholars debate whether Paul means 'the Lord is Spirit' or 'the Lord [now operates] as Spirit'). Freedom (eleutheria) is the Spirit's gift: freedom from law's condemnation, freedom for transformed living. This is the Christian's birthright.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 3:17
“Now the Spirit is the Lord.” This too is Lord, he says. And that you may know that he is speaking of the Paraclete, he added, “And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” For surely you will not assert, that he says, 'And where the Lord of the Lord is.' “Liberty,” he said, with reference to the former bondage. Then, that you may not think that he is speaking of a time to come, he says,
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