Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
(The Lord means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is open freedom.)
New American Standard Bible
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where
King James Version
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Holman Bible
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
International Standard Version
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Lord's Spirit is, there is freedom.
A Conservative Version
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of 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.
Amplified
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].
An Understandable Version
Now the Lord [i.e., Christ] is the Holy Spirit, and there is freedom [from the bondage of sin and fear] wherever the Spirit of the Lord is.
Anderson New Testament
Now 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.
Common New Testament
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for the spiritual meaning of the law centers in him, and the spirit of the law is gospel-liberty:
Darby Translation
Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Godbey New Testament
But the Lord is a Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Goodspeed New Testament
Now the Lord here means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
John Wesley New Testament
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Julia Smith Translation
And the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord, there freedom.
King James 2000
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord [is, there is] freedom.
Modern King James verseion
And the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The Lord no doubt is a spirit. And where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Montgomery New Testament
(The Lord means the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord abides there is freedom.)
NET Bible
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
New Heart English Bible
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Noyes New Testament
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Sawyer New Testament
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the Lord, is, the Spirit: now, where the Spirit of one who is Lord is, there is freedom!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And the 'Lord' is the Spirit, and, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Webster
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Weymouth New Testament
Now by "the Lord" is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.
Williams New Testament
Now the Lord means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
World English Bible
Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Worrell New Testament
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Worsley New Testament
now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty;
Themes
Change » The lord changing believers
Freedom/liberty » Where liberty is
Glory » Who can reflect the glory of the lord
Holy spirit » What can be accomplished through the power of the holy spirit
Holy spirit » The place where the spirit of the lord is
Liberty » The presence of the spirit secures
Topics
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References
American
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 3:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
New Covenant Ministry
16 though whenever they turn to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 (The Lord means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is open freedom.) 18 But we all mirror the glory of the Lord with face unveiled, and so we are being transformed into the same likeness as himself, passing from one glory to another ??for this comes of the Lord the Spirit.
Cross References
John 8:32
you will understand the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Galatians 4:6
It is because you are sons that God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying 'Abba! Father!'
John 6:63
What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.
Romans 8:2
the law of the Spirit brings the life which is in Christ Jesus, and that law has set me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:15-16
You have received no slavish spirit that would make you relapse into fear; you have received the Spirit of sonship. And when we cry, "Abba! Father!",
1 Corinthians 15:45
Thus it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became an animate being, the last Adam a life-giving Spirit';
2 Corinthians 3:6
and he has further qualified me to be the minister of a new covenant ??a covenant not of written law but of spirit; for the written law kills but the Spirit makes alive.
Galatians 5:1
with the freedom for which Christ set us free. Make a firm stand then, do not slip into any yoke of servitude.
Galatians 5:13
Brothers, you were called to be free; only, do not make your freedom an opening for the flesh, but serve one another in love.
2 Timothy 1:7
for God has not given us a timid spirit but a spirit of power and love and discipline.