80 II. CORINTHIANS 4.

^€ov irarpo^^ from Gocl who is Father^ Gal. 1, 3 ; and secondly, the authority of v. 17. There the apostle had said, ' The Lord is the Spirit,' and here he says, the transforming power by which we are made like Christ flows from ' the Lord who is the Spirit.' The former passage determines the meaning of the latter. The Lord who is the Spirit means, the Lord who is one with the Spirit, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; who is where the Spirit is, and does what the Spirit does.