2 Corinthians 3:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ ἐπωρώθη τὰ νοήματα αὐτῶν: ἄχρι γὰρ τῆς σήμερον τὸ αὐτὸ κάλυμμα ἐπὶ τῇ ἀναγνώσει τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης μένει μὴ ἀνακαλυπτόμενον· ὅτι ἐν Χριστῷ καταργεῖται.

Transliteration

But epōrōthē the noēmata of them: until for the sēmeron the same kalymma upon the anagnōsei of the palaias diathēkēs menei not anakalyptomenon; because in Christō it katargeitai.

Grammar Details

• *epōrōthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - were hardened
• *noēmata*: noun, nominative plural neuter - minds/thoughts
• *sēmeron*: adverb - today
• *kalymma*: noun, nominative singular neuter - veil/covering
• *anagnōsei*: noun, dative singular feminine - reading
• *palaias*: adjective, genitive singular feminine - old
• *diathēkēs*: noun, genitive singular feminine - of covenant/testament
• *menei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - remains
• *anakalyptomenon*: present passive participle, nominative singular neuter - being unveiled/uncovered
• *Christō*: noun, dative singular masculine - in Christ
• *katargeitai*: present passive indicative, 3rd person singular - is abolished/done away

Word Meanings

• *epōrōthē*: were hardened/became dull/were blinded
• *noēmata*: minds/thoughts/understandings/perceptions
• *kalymma*: veil/covering
• *anagnōsei*: reading/recitation
• *palaias*: old/ancient/former
• *diathēkēs*: covenant/testament/contract
• *menei*: remains/abides/continues
• *anakalyptomenon*: being unveiled/uncovered/revealed
• *katargeitai*: is abolished/done away/removed/rendered ineffective

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction: 4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
• Rom 11:25 : 25 For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
• Acts 16:14 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Eph 1:17-20 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints, 19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power, 20 By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,
• Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard. 8 As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day. 9 And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment: 10 Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.
• Ps 69:23 : 23 Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.
• Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
• Isa 25:7 : 7 And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.
• Isa 26:10-12 : 10 Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord. 11 Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see ... yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire. 12 Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose.
• Isa 42:18-20 : 18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant? 20 Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
• Isa 44:18 : 18 They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
• Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
• Isa 59:10 : 10 We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are running against things in daylight as if it was evening; our place is in the dark like dead men.
• Jer 5:21 : 21 Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
• Matt 6:23 : 23 But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
• Matt 13:11 : 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Matt 13:13-15 : 13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them. 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
• Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.
• Luke 18:31-34 : 31 And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man. 32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame: 33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life. 34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.
• Luke 24:25-27 : 25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said. 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory? 27 And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
• Luke 24:44-46 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect. 45 Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds. 46 And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;
• John 8:12 : 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
• John 9:39-41 : 39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind. 40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind? 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.
• John 12:40 : 40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.
• John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.
• Acts 13:15 : 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.
• Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.
• Acts 28:26-27 : 26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
• 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.