Isaiah 6:10
John 1:18
18No one has ever seen God. The unique God, ▼▼Other mss. read Son
who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.Exod 33:20; Deut 4:12; Matt 11:27; Luke 10:22; John 3:16, 18; 4:14; 6:46; 1Tim 1:17; 6:16; John 3:16, 18, 1John 4:9, 12, 20 John 16:11
11and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. ▼▼Or condemned
Luke 10:18; John 12:31; Acts 26:18; Eph 2:2; Col 2:15; Heb 2:14 2 Corinthians 3:6
6who has also qualified us to be ministers of a new covenant, which is not written but spiritual, because the written text ▼▼Lit. what is written
brings death, but the Spirit gives life.Jer 31:31; Matt 26:28; John 6:63; Rom 2:27, 29; 3:20; 4:15; 8:2; 1Cor 3:5; 15:10; 2Cor 5:18; Gal 3:10; Eph 3:7; Col 1:25, 29; 1Tim 1:11-12; 2Tim 1:11; Heb 8:6, 8 2 Corinthians 3:8-9
8will not the Spirit's ministry have even more glory?Gal 3:5 9For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, then the ministry of justification has an overwhelming glory.Rom 1:17; 3:212 Corinthians 3:11
11For if that which fades away came ▼▼The Gk. lacks came
through glory, how much more does that which is permanent have glory? 2 Corinthians 3:14
14However, their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil is still there when they read the old covenant. Only in union with Christ is that veil removed. ▼▼Lit. is it removed
Isa 6:10; Matt 13:11, 14; John 12:40; Acts 28:26; Rom 11:7-8, 25; 2Cor 4:4 2 Corinthians 3:18
18As all of us reflect the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, we are being transformed into the same image with ever-increasing glory by the Lord's Spirit.Rom 8:29; 1Cor 13:12; 15:49; 2Cor 4:4, 6; Col 3:10; 1Tim 1:11Ephesians 6:12
12For our ▼▼Other mss. read your
struggle is not against a human opponent, ▼▼Lit. flesh and blood
but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers in the darkness around us, ▼▼Lit. of this darkness
against evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.Matt 16:17; Luke 22:53; John 12:31; 14:30; Rom 8:38; 1Cor 15:50; Eph 1:21; 2:2; Col 1:13; 2:15 Philippians 2:6
6In God's own form existed he,John 1:1-2; 5:18; 10:33; 17:5; 2Cor 4:4; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3And shared with God equality,Deemed nothing needed grasping.Colossians 1:15
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.2Cor 4:4; Heb 1:3; Rev 3:14Hebrews 1:3
3He is the reflection ▼▼Or radiance
of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest MajestyPs 110:1; John 1:4, 14; 14:9; 2Cor 4:4; Eph 1:20; Col 1:15, 17; Heb 7:27; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1Pet 3:22; Rev 4:11
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