17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Other Translations of 2 Corinthians 3:17

New International Version

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

English Standard Version

17 Now the Lord Or this Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

The Message

17 They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We're free of it!

New King James Version

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

New Living Translation

17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:17

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

(Read 2 Corinthians 3:12-18)

It is the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness, or clearness, of speech. The Old Testament believers had only cloudy and passing glimpses of that glorious Saviour, and unbelievers looked no further than to the outward institution. But the great precepts of the gospel, believe, love, obey, are truths stated as clearly as possible. And the whole doctrine of Christ crucified, is made as plain as human language can make it. Those who lived under the law, had a veil upon their hearts. This veil is taken away by the doctrines of the Bible about Christ. When any person is converted to God, then the veil of ignorance is taken away. The condition of those who enjoy and believe the gospel is happy, for the heart is set at liberty to run the ways of God's commandments. They have light, and with open face they behold the glory of the Lord. Christians should prize and improve these privileges. We should not rest contented without knowing the transforming power of the gospel, by the working of the Spirit, bringing us to seek to be like the temper and tendency of the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and into union with Him. We behold Christ, as in the glass of his word; and as the reflection from a mirror causes the face to shine, the faces of Christians shine also.