2 Corinthians 3:17 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there…”

2 Corinthians 3:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

World English Bible

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

American Standard Version

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe the Lord is the Spirite, and where the Spirite of the Lord is, there is libertie.

Darby Translation

Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of [the] Lord [is, there is] liberty.

Young's Literal Translation

And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty;

Bible in Basic English

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

John 6:63 2 Corinthians 3:6 1 Corinthians 15:45

John 6:63 · BSB

The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

2 Corinthians 3:6 · BSB

And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

1 Corinthians 15:45 · BSB

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

“where”

Romans 8:2 Galatians 4:6 2 Timothy 1:7 Psalm 51:12 Isaiah 61:1 Romans 8:15

Romans 8:2 · BSB

For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

Galatians 4:6 · BSB

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

2 Timothy 1:7 · BSB

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Psalm 51:12 · BSB

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

Isaiah 61:1 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Romans 8:15 · BSB

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Also

John 8:32 Galatians 5:13 Galatians 5:1

John 8:32 · BSB

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Galatians 5:13 · BSB

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

Galatians 5:1 · BSB

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

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

In context

16But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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