2 Corinthians 3 · Verse 15

2 Corinthians 3:15

But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
2 Corinthians 3:15, King James Version

2 Corinthians 3:15 in other translations

BSBAnd even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
WEBBut to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
ASVBut unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart.
YLTbut till to-day, when Moses is read, a vail upon their heart doth lie,
DARBYBut unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart.
BBEBut to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart.
WebsterBut even to this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

What does 2 Corinthians 3:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 3:14-18

14-18. Parenthetical: Of Christians in general. He resumes the subject of the ministry, 2Co 4:1. minds--Greek, "mental perceptions"; "understandings." blinded--rather, "hardened." The opposite to "looking steadfastly at the end" of the law (2Co 3:13). The veil on Moses' face is further typical of the veil that is on their hearts. untaken away ... which veil--rather, "the same veil ... remaineth untaken away…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 15. But even unto this day. To the time when Paul wrote this epistle, about thirty years after Christ was put to death. But it is still as true as it was in the time of Paul; and the character and conduct of the Jews now so entirely accords with the description which he gives of them in his time, as to show that he drew from nature, and as to constitute one of the strong incidental proofs that the account in the New Testament is true. Of no other people on earth, probably, would a description be accurate eighteen hundred years after it was made.

When Moses is read. When the five books of Moses are read, as they were regularly and constantly in their synagogues. Lk 4:16.

The vail is upon their heart. They do not see the true meaning and beauty of their own Scriptures--a description as applicable to the Jews now as it was to those in the time of Paul.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

It is the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness, or clearness, of speech. The Old Testament believers had only cloudy and passing glimpses of that glorious Saviour, and unbelievers looked no further than to the outward institution. But the great precepts of the gospel, believe, love, obey, are truths stated as clearly as possible. And the whole doctrine of Christ crucified, is made as plain as…

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2 Corinthians 3:15 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἀλλ᾽all᾽ButG235
ἕωςhe'ōsuntoG2193
σήμερονsēmeronthis dayG4594
ἡνίκαhēnikawhenG2259
ἀναγινώσκηταιanaginōskētaimay be readG314
Μωϋσῆς,MōusēsMoses,G3475
κάλυμμαkalummaa veilG2571
ἐπὶepioverG1909
τὴνtēntheG3588
καρδίανkardianheartG2588
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846
κεῖται·keitailies;G2749

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Corinthians 3:15

  • Acts 13:27-29

    For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the vail.
Ac 13:27-29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Corinthians 3:14

    But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:15

    But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:16

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

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2 Corinthians 3:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y aun hasta el día de hoy, cuando Moisés es leído, el velo está puesto sobre el corazón de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais jusqu’à aujourd’hui, lorsque Moïse est lu, le voile demeure sur leur cœur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber bis auf den heutigen Tag, wenn Moses gelesen wird, liegt die Decke auf ihrem Herzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		sed usque in hodiernum diem, cum legitur Moyses, velamen positum est super cor eorum.