Joh 17:24, 2Cor 3:7-4:6 | ESV | STEP | Father , I desire that they also , whom you have given me , may be with me where I am , to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world .

al[See ver. 3 above]

am ver. 6; See Acts 26:18

anSee ch. 3:18

ao Col. 1:15; [Phil. 2:6; Heb. 1:3]

ap[1 Thess. 2:6]

aq 1 Cor. 9:19; See ch. 1:24

as Gen. 1:3

at 2 Pet. 1:19

au ver. 4

John 17:24

24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be ^awith me ^bwhere I am, ^cto see my glory that you have given me because you loved me ^dbefore the foundation of the world.

2 Corinthians 3:7-18

7 Now if ^ethe ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory ^fthat the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 9 For if there was glory in ^gthe ministry of condemnation, ^hthe ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. 10 Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. 11 For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.

12 Since we have such a hope, ⁱwe are very bold, 13 not like Moses, ^jwho would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. 14 But ^ktheir minds were ^lhardened. For to this day, ^mwhen they read ⁿthe old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when ^oone ^{▼▼Greek he} turns to the Lord, ^qthe veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord ^{▼▼Or this Lord} is the Spirit, and where ^sthe Spirit of the Lord is, there is ^tfreedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, ^ubeholding ^vthe glory of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or reflecting the glory of the Lord} ^xare being transformed into the same image ^yfrom one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:1-6

The Light of the Gospel

1 Therefore, having ^zthis ministry ^aaby the mercy of God, ^{▼▼Greek as we have received mercy} we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced ^acdisgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice ^{▼▼Greek to walk in} cunning or ^aeto tamper with God’s word, but ^afby the open statement of the truth ^agwe would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even ^ahif our gospel is veiled, ^aiit is veiled to ^ajthose who are perishing. 4 In their case ^akthe god of this world ^alhas blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing ^amthe light of ^anthe gospel of the glory of Christ, ^aowho is the image of God. 5 For what ^apwe proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ^aqourselves as your servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, ^as“Let light shine out of darkness,” ^athas shone in our hearts to give ^authe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.