2 Corinthians 3:18

New International Reader's Version

None of our faces are covered with a veil. All of us can see the Lord’s glory and think deeply about it. So we are being changed to become more like him so that we have more and more glory. And this glory comes from the Lord, who is the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Psalm 84:7

Those people get stronger as they go along, until each of them appears in Zion, where God lives.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father. And the Word was full of grace and truth.

John 12:41

Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.

John 17:22

I have given them the glory you gave me. I did this so they would be one, just as we are one.

John 17:24

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, the glory you have given me. You gave it to me because you loved me before the world was created.

Romans 12:2

Don’t live the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. And you will agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect.

Romans 13:14

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ as if he were your clothing. Don’t think about how to satisfy sinful desires.

Romans 8:29

God planned that those he had chosen would become like his Son. In that way, Christ will be the first and most honored among many brothers and sisters.

Romans 8:4

Jesus does for us everything the holy law requires. The power of sin should no longer control the way we live. The Holy Spirit should control the way we live.

Romans 8:7

The mind ruled by the power of sin is at war with God. It does not obey God’s law. It can’t.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see only a dim likeness of things. It is as if we were seeing them in a foggy mirror. But someday we will see clearly. We will see face to face. What I know now is not complete. But someday I will know completely, just as God knows me completely.

1 Corinthians 15:49

We are like the earthly man. And we will be like the heavenly man.

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Holy Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is also there.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They can’t see the light of the good news that makes Christ’s glory clear. Christ is the likeness of God.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God said, “Let light shine out of darkness.” (Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17

When anyone lives in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone! The new is here!

Galatians 6:15

Circumcision and uncircumcision don’t mean anything. What really counts is that the new creation has come.

Colossians 3:10

You have started living a new life. Your knowledge of how that life should have the Creator’s likeness is being made new.

1 Timothy 1:11

True teaching agrees with the good news about the glory of the blessed God. He trusted me with that good news.

Titus 3:5

He saved us. It wasn’t because of the good things we had done. It was because of his mercy. He saved us by washing away our sins. We were born again. The Holy Spirit gave us new life.

James 1:23

Suppose someone listens to the word but doesn’t do what it says. Then they are like a person who looks at their face in a mirror.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. That’s because we will see him as he really is.