2 Corinthians 3:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

But their minds were blinded: for until this day, the same veil remains untaken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But 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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But their myndes were blinded. For untill this daye remayneth the same coveringe vntake awaye in the olde testamet when they reade it which in Christ is put awaye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But their myndes are blynded. For vnto this daye remayneth the same coueringe vntake awaye in the olde Testament, whan they rede it, which in Christ is put awaye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore their mindes are hardened: for vntill this day remaineth the same couering vntaken away in the reading of the olde Testament, which vaile in Christ is put away.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But their myndes were blynded: For vntyll this day remayneth the same coueryng vntaken away in the reading of the olde testament, which vayle is put away in Christe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which [vail] is done away in Christ.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  but their minds were hardened, for unto this day the same vail at the reading of the Old Covenant doth remain unwithdrawn -- which in Christ is being made useless --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed `to them' that it is done away in Christ.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed [to them] that it is done away in Christ.

• 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Acts 16:14 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened, so she heeded the things spoken by Paul.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give 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 the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power, 20 Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
• Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day. 9 And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and bend their backs always.
• Ps 69:23 : 23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and make their loins continually to shake.
• Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.
• Isa 25:7 : 7 And He will destroy on this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
• Isa 26:10-12 : 10 Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they will see and be ashamed for their envy of the people; yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. 12 LORD, You will ordain peace for us, for You have also done all our works in us.
• Isa 42:18-20 : 18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? 20 Seeing many things, but you do not observe; opening the ears, but he does not hear.
• Isa 44:18 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
• Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon as in the night; we are in desolate places like dead men.
• Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
• Matt 6:23 : 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
• Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
• Matt 13:13-15 : 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive. 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
• Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
• Luke 18:31-34 : 31 Then he took the twelve aside, and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished. 32 For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon: 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and on the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hidden from them, nor did they know the things which were spoken.
• Luke 24:25-27 : 25 Then he said to them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory? 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
• Luke 24:44-46 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. 45 Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures, 46 And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day:
• John 8:12 : 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 9:39-41 : 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
• John 12:40 : 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.
• John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.
• Acts 13:15 : 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak on.
• Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see but do not see; and ears to hear but do not hear: for they are a rebellious house.
• Acts 28:26-27 : 26 saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive. 27 For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, so that I should heal them.
• 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Who also made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.