2 Corinthians 3:9–18

⁹For if the ministry that brought condemnation had glory, the ministry that brings righteousness overflows with even more glory. ¹⁰In fact, what had been glorious is not glorious now by comparison because of the glory that surpasses it. ¹¹For if what was set aside^ab was glorious, what endures will be even more glorious.

¹²Since, then, we have such a hope,^ac we act with great boldness. ¹³We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face^ad to prevent the Israelites from gazing steadily until the end^D of the glory of what was being set aside, ¹⁴but their minds were hardened.^ae For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant,^af the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.^{ag 15}Yet still today, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts, ¹⁶but whenever a person turns^ah to the Lord, the veil is removed.^{ai 17}Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at^Eaj the glory of the Lord^ak and are being transformed^al into the same image^am from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.^F