2 Corinthians 3:18

Memory Verse

But we all, with unveiled faces, reflect as in a mirror the proper opinion of the Lord, while being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Spirit of the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Moses put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not see the light that shone from his face fade (2 Corinthians 3:13). When he spent time in the presence of the Lord, his body emitted a brighter light, showing God’s opinion of him as one to whom God imputed righteousness. This veil remains on the minds of the Jews to this day when they read the law, not seeing its glory fading away for a greater righteousness in Christ (2 Corinthians 3:15).

For Christians, we do not have a veil; therefore, as we spend time in the Word and with other saints, growing and maturing in Christ, we are able to see the truth clearly. This truth is then reflected in our lives as it transforms us into the image of Christ—the new creation we are part of, in which Christ is the head and we are the body. A new man who is created in righteousness and piety of the truth (Ephesians 4:24). Thus, the more time we spend with the Lord, the brighter we shine to those around us, being luminaries to a world living in darkness as we shed our former life and put on the new (Philippians 2:15).