2 Corinthians 3:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.”
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BSBPD
“But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 3:16 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 34:34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,
- Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
- Deuteronomy 30:10if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Isaiah 25:7On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Lamentations 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- Hosea 3:4For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
- John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
- Romans 11:23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
- Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
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