the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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THE MESSAGE
2 Corinthians 3:17
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The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit is, there is freedom.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of [the] Lord [is, there is] liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now by "the Lord" is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.
Now the Lord is that spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is libertie.
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is freedom.
For the LORDE is a sprete: & where the sprete of the LORDE is, there is libertye.
for the spiritual meaning of the law centers in him, and the spirit of the law is gospel-liberty:
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
The Lorde no dout is a sprete. And where the sprete of the Lorde is there is libertie.
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty;
The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
The Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, and the Lord's Spirit sets us free.
Now, " Adonai " in this text means the Spirit. And where the Spirit of Adonai is, there is freedom.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Nowe the Lorde is the Spirite, and where the Spirite of the Lorde is, there is libertie.
Now the LORD is that very Spirit: and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Lord's Spirit is, there is freedom.1 Corinthians 15:45; 2 Corinthians 3:6;">[xr]
But the Lord himself is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord, (there) is liberty.
Now the Lord himself is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
The heart is free where the Spirit of the Lord is. The Lord is the Spirit.
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And, the Lord, is, the Spirit: now, where the Spirit of one who is Lord is, there is freedom!
Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
The Lorde is a spirite: And where the spirite of the Lorde [is] there [is] libertie.
The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Now, "the Lord" in this passage is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
And the spirit is the Lord; and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is fredom.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the Lord: 2 Corinthians 3:6, John 6:63, 1 Corinthians 15:45
where: Psalms 51:12, Isaiah 61:1, Romans 8:2, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:16, Galatians 4:6, 2 Timothy 1:7
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:10 - proclaim Psalms 119:32 - enlarge Isaiah 59:21 - My spirit John 4:24 - a Spirit John 8:32 - and the John 8:36 - General Romans 6:22 - But now 2 Corinthians 3:8 - the ministration 2 Corinthians 3:18 - by the Spirit of the Lord Galatians 2:4 - liberty Galatians 5:1 - the liberty James 1:25 - liberty
Cross-References
The Woman said to the serpent, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
God said, "Who told you you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?"
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
God told the serpent: "Because you've done this, you're cursed, cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals, Cursed to slink on your belly and eat dirt all your life. I'm declaring war between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He'll wound your head, you'll wound his heel."
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
The Man, known as Adam, named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now the Lord is that Spirit,.... "The Lord", to whom the heart is turned, when the veil is removed, is Jesus Christ; and he is "that Spirit", or "the Spirit": he, as God, is of a spiritual nature and essence; he is a spirit, as God is said to be, John 4:24 he is the giver of the Spirit of God, and the very life and spirit of the law, without whom as the end of it, it is a mere dead letter: or rather as by Moses in 2 Corinthians 3:15 is meant, the law of Moses, so by the "Lord" here may be meant the Gospel of Christ: and this is that Spirit, of which the apostles were made ministers, and is said to give life, 2 Corinthians 3:6.
And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty; which may be understood of the third person in the Godhead; where he is as a spirit of illumination, there is freedom from former blindness and darkness; where he is as a spirit of regeneration and sanctification, there is freedom from the bondage of sin, and captivity of Satan; where he is as a comforter, there is freedom from the fear of hell, wrath, and damnation: where he is as a spirit of adoption, there is the freedom of children with a father; where he is as a spirit of prayer and supplication, there is liberty of access to God with boldness, Though rather the Gospel as attended with the Spirit of God, in opposition to the law, is here designed; and which points out another difference between the law and the Gospel; where the law is, there is bondage, it genders to it; it has a natural tendency to it: quite contrary is this to what the Jews i say, who call the law, חירות, "liberty": and say,
"that he that studies in the law, hath חירו מכלא, "freedom from everything":''
whereas it gives freedom in nothing, but leads into, and brings on persons a spirit of bondage; it exacts rigorous obedience, where there is no strength to perform; it holds men guilty, curses and condemns for non-obedience; so that such as are under it, and of the works of it, are always under a spirit of bondage; they obey not from love, but fear, as servants or slaves for wages, and derive all their peace and comfort from their obedience: but where the Gospel takes place under the influence of the Spirit of God, there is liberty; not to sin, which is contrary to the Gospel, to the Spirit of God in believers, and to the principle of grace wrought in their souls; but a liberty from the bondage and servitude of it: a liberty from the law's rigorous exaction, curse, and condemnation, and from the veil of former blindness and ignorance.
i Zohar in Gen. fol. 90. 1. & in Exod. fol. 72. 1. & in Numb. fol. 73. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Now the Lord is that Spirit - The word “Lord” here evidently refers to the Lord Jesus; see 2 Corinthians 3:16. It may be observed in general in regard to this word, that where it occurs in the New Testament unless the connection require us to understand it of God, it refers to the Lord Jesus. It was the common name by which he was known; see John 20:13; John 21:7, John 21:12; Ephesians 4:1, Ephesians 4:5. The design of Paul in this verse seems to be to account for the “liberty” which he and the other apostles had, or for the boldness, openness, and plainness 2 Corinthians 3:12 which they evinced in contradistinction from the Jews. who so little understood the nature of their institutions. He had said 2 Corinthians 3:6, that he was a minister “not of the letter, but of the Spirit;” and he had stated that the Old Testament was not understood by the Jews who adhered to the literal interpretation of the Scriptures. He here says, that the Lord Jesus was “the Spirit” to which he referred, and by which he was enabled to understand the Old Testament so as to speak plainly, and without obscurity. The sense is, that Christ was the Spirit; that is, the sum, the substance of the Old Testament. The figures, types, prophecies, etc. all centered in him, and he was the end of all those institutions. If contemplated as having reference to him, it was easy to understand them. This I take to be the sentiment of the pas sage, though expositors have been greatly divided in regard to its meaning. Thus explained, it does not mean absolutely and abstractly that the Lord Jesus was “a Spirit,” but that he was the sum, the essence, the end, and the purport of the Mosaic rites, the spirit of which Paul had spoken in 2 Corinthians 3:6, as contradistinguished from the letter of the Law.
And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty - This is a general truth designed to illustrate the particular sentiment which he had just advanced. The word “liberty” here (ἐλευθερία eleutheria) refers, I think, to freedom in speaking; the power of speaking openly, and freely, as in 2 Corinthians 3:12. It states the general truth, that the effect of the Spirit of God was to give light and clearness of view; to remove obscurity from a subject, and to enable one to see it plainly. This would be a truth that could not be denied by the Jews, who held to the doctrine that the Spirit of God revealed truth, and it must be admitted by all. Under the influence of that Spirit, therefore, Paul says, that he was able to speak with openness, and boldness; that he had a clear view of truth, which the mass of the Jews had not; and that the system of religion which he preached was open, plain, and clear. The word “freedom,” would perhaps, better convey the idea. “There is freedom from the dark and obscure views of the Jews; freedom from their prejudices, and their superstitions; freedom from the slavery and bondage of sin; the freedom of the children of God, who have clear views of him as their Father and Redeemer and who are enabled to express those views openly and boldly to the world.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 17. Now the Lord is that Spirit — In 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:8, the word το πνευμα, spirit, evidently signifies the Gospel; so called because it points out the spiritual nature and meaning of the law; because it produces spiritual effects; and because it is especially the dispensation of the Spirit of God. Here Jesus Christ is represented as that Spirit, because he is the end of the law for justification to every one that believes; and because the residue of the Spirit is with him, and he is the dispenser of all its gifts, graces, and influences.
And where the Spirit of the Lord is — Wherever this Gospel is received, there the Spirit of the Lord is given; and wherever that Spirit lives and works, there is liberty, not only from Jewish bondage, but from the slavery of sin-from its power, its guilt, and its pollution. See John 8:33-36, and the notes there.
