2 Corinthians 3:18-4:6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at^[a](A) the glory of the Lord^(B) and are being transformed^(C) into the same image^(D) from glory to glory;^[b] this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.^[c]

The Light of the Gospel

4 Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy,^(E) we do not give up.^{(F) 2} Instead, we have renounced shameful secret things, not walking^(G) in deceit or distorting God’s message,^(H) but commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in God’s sight by an open display of the truth.^{(I) 3} But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. ⁴ In their case, the god of this age^(J) has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,^[d](K) who is the image of God.^{(L) 5} For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord,^(M) and ourselves as your slaves because of Jesus. ⁶ For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”^(N) has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge^(O) of God’s glory^(P) in the face of Jesus Christ.