17. 'O 5's Kvpiog rb rrvsv/tid hnv , but the Lord is that Spirit) The Lord is the subject. Christ is not the letter, hut He is the Spirit and the end of the law. A sublime announcement : comp. Phil. i. 21 ; Gal. iii. 16. The particle but , or now , shows that the preceding is explained by this verse. The turning (conversion) takes place [is made] to the Lord, as the Spirit. — ov 5's rb msu/ta Ki iplou, and where the Spirit of the Lord is) Where Christ is, there the Spirit of Christ is ; where the Spirit of Christ is, there Christ is ; Rom. viii. 9, 10. Where Christ and His Spirit are, there is liberty : John viii. 36 ; Gal. iv. 6, 7. — ■ ext?) there , and there only. — sXsv&spla) liberty , opposed to the veil, the badge of slavery : liberty , without such fear in looking, as the children of Israel had, Ex. xxxiv. 30.
18. 5s rfdvrsg, but we all) we all , the ministers of the New Testament, in antithesis to Moses, who was but one person. — ava7.v/Lu\-o<jsiLhw KpMurrf) our face being unveiled with regard to men ; for in regard to God, not even Moses’ face was veiled. The antithesis is hid , iv. 3. — rijv 56% av, the glory) divine majesty. — K vp/ovy of the Lord) Christ. — xa rovrrpi^ojusvoj) The Lord makes us mirrors , xa rorrrpifyj, puts the brightness of His face into our hearts as into mirrors : we receive and reflect that brightness. An elegant antithesis to svrsrvt Tu/xsvr,, engraved [ver. 7, the minis- tration of death — the law — engraven on stones ] : for things which are engraven become so by a gradual process, the images which are reflected in a mirror are produced with the utmost celerity. — rr\v ctbrriv) the same , although we are many. The same expres- sion [lively reproduction] of the glory of Christ in so many believers, is the characteristic mark of truth. — s/xo w, the image) of the Lord , which is all glorious. — /as ra^oppov/usOa, we are transformed) The Lord forms by quick writing (ver. 3) His image in us ; even as Moses reflected the glory of God. The passive retains the accusative ; as in the phrase, 5i5u(fx,oluai v/ov. — a no 56%ris slg 56%aV) from glory to glory) from the glory of the Lord to glory in us. The Israelites had not been transformed from the glory of Moses into a similar glory ; for they were under the letter. — xa^a^rep, even as) an adverb of likeness : comp. ver. 13. As the Lord impresses Himself on us, so He is expressed to the life by us. He Himself is the model ; we are the copies [images]. — uno K vp/ov 'imbiiuros) from [by] the