And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Parallel translations
- WEB But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- KJV But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
- NKJV But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
- NASB But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- NLT So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
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Quick answer
With unveiled faces, believers behold the Lord's glory and are progressively transformed into His image by the Spirit. Beholding Christ changes us into His likeness.
Overview
Unlike veiled Israel, believers gaze on the glory of the Lord and are being changed 'from glory to glory' by the Spirit. This describes sanctification: contemplating Christ transforms the believer into His image over time. It is the Spirit's ongoing work, assuring Christians that beholding Christ in the gospel reshapes them toward His likeness until glory is complete.
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Theme
- Image & Glory"Transformed into the same image from glory to glory."
Cross-references · 20
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Eph 4:22–24to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Rom 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- 2 Cor 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- 1 Cor 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- Col 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Rom 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- 1 Cor 15:49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
- 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 2 Pet 1:5–9For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- Jas 1:23For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
- Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Rom 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Rom 8:4so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
- Rom 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- John 12:41Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
- Gal 6:15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
- 1 Tim 1:11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
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