2 Coríntios 3
Matthew Poole · Citado em PreceptAustin
2 Coríntios 3:1-4
Poole - Nothing so commends a minister as the proficiency of his people. (2 Corinthians 3) John
2 Coríntios 3:7-11
Poole - “And although the gospel came not into the world as the law, with thunder, lightning, and earthquakes; yet that was ushered in by angels, foretelling the birth and office of John the Baptist, and of Christ; by the great sign of the virgin’s conceiving and bringing forth a Son; by a voice from heaven, proclaiming Christ the Father’s only begotten Son, in whom he was well pleased.” (2 Corinthians 3) Glory (1391)(doxa) which in this context describes splendor or that which emanates great brightness or luster, brilliance, effulgence, radiance, resplendence. Doxa is a key word in this chapter where it is used 11x - three times in 2Co 3:18, twice in 2Co 3:7, 3:9, 3:11, once in 2Co 3:8, 10.
2 Coríntios 3:15-17
Poole on liberty - “A liberty from the yoke of the law, from sin, death, hell; but the liberty which seems here to be chiefly intended, is a liberty from that blindness and hardness which is upon men’s hearts, until they have received the Holy Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 3) Jamieson commenting on there is liberty writes that "There and there only. Such cease to be slaves to the letter, which they were while the veil was on their heart. They are free to serve God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus (Php 3:3): they have no longer the spirit of bondage, but of free sonship (Ro 8:15; Ga 4:7). Liberty is opposed to the letter (of the legal ordinances), and to the veil, the badge of slavery: also to the fear which the Israelites felt in beholding Moses’ glory unveiled (Ex 34:30; 1Jn 4:18) (Ed: This removal of fear facilitates the believer's bold access into the very Throne Room of God!). Bob Utley on there is liberty - This refers to freedom from spiritual blindness, self-righteousness, and legalism caused by a personal faith relationship with Jesus Christ (cf. John 8:32, 36; Rom. 14: 1 Cor. 8; 10:23ff; Gal. 5:1, 13).One of my favorite commentators, F. F. Bruce, in his book, Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free, says “Paul certainly knew the love of Christ to be the all-compelling power in life. Where love is the compelling power, there is no sense of strain or conflict or bondage in doing what is right: the man or woman who is compelled by Jesus’ love and empowered by his Spirit does the will of God from the heart. For (as Paul could say from experience) ‘where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free’ ” (p.21). (2 Corinthians 3 Commentary) Adam