2 Corinthians 3:18

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And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 4:22-24 : 22 You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires, 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, which is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
  • 1 Cor 15:49 : 49 And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that those You have given Me may be with Me where I am, to see My glory, the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; to virtue, knowledge; 6 to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; 7 to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever lacks these qualities is blind and short-sighted, forgetful of the cleansing of their former sins.
  • Jas 1:23 : 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror.
  • John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • Rom 8:7 : 7 Because the mindset of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
  • Col 3:10 : 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator.
  • 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which I have been entrusted with.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  • John 12:41 : 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.
  • Rom 8:4 : 4 This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
  • Gal 6:15 : 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but what matters is a new creation.

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

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    6For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    2Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

    3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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    6He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

    7If the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not look intently at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was passing away,

    8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

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    21who will transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body, through the power that enables him to bring everything under his control.

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    12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

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    18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

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    16Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

    17For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

    18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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    10Indeed, what once had glory now has no glory at all because of the surpassing glory.

    11For if what was passing away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of what remains!

    12Since we have such a hope, we act with great boldness,

    13not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was fading away.

    14But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

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    49And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

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    15Let all of us who are mature think this way. And if in anything you think differently, that too God will reveal to you.

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    2You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

    3It is clear that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

    4Such confidence we have through Christ before God.

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    2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.

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    17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better.

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    12So that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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    23And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.

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    17For we are not like many, peddling the word of God for profit. Instead, with sincerity, as sent from God and in His presence, we speak in Christ.

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    23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror.

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    4For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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    31Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

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    7Do you look only at outward appearances? If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.

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    16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?