2 Corinthians 3:16 “But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.”

2 Corinthians 3:16

But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

World English Bible

But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

American Standard Version

But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

Geneva Bible 1599

Neuertheles when their heart shall be turned to the Lord, the vaile shalbe taken away.

Darby Translation

But when it shall turn to [the] Lord, the veil is taken away.)

Young's Literal Translation

and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.

Bible in Basic English

But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away.

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Cross references

“when”

Exodus 34:34 Romans 11:25–27 Lamentations 3:40 Deuteronomy 4:30 Deuteronomy 30:10 Hosea 3:4

Exodus 34:34 · BSB

But 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,

Romans 11:25–27 · BSB

I 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.

Lamentations 3:40 · BSB

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 4:30 · BSB

When 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 30:10 · BSB

if 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.

Hosea 3:4 · BSB

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

“the vail”

Isaiah 25:7 Isaiah 29:18 Jeremiah 31:34 Isaiah 54:13 John 6:45 John 6:46

Isaiah 25:7 · BSB

On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

Isaiah 29:18 · BSB

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

Jeremiah 31:34 · BSB

No 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 r…

Isaiah 54:13 · BSB

Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

John 6:45 · BSB

It 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—

John 6:46 · BSB

not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.

Also

Romans 11:23

Romans 11:23 · BSB

And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

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