8. Won’t the ministry of the Spirit be much more glorious?
9. If the ministry that brought condemnation has glory, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness?
10. In fact, what was glorious isn’t glorious now, because of the glory that is brighter.
11. If the glory that fades away was glorious, how much more glorious is the one that lasts!
12. So, since we have such a hope, we act with great confidence.
13. We aren’t like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites couldn’t watch the end of what was fading away.
14. But their minds were closed. Right up to the present day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. The veil is not removed because it is taken away by Christ.
15. Even today, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.
16. But whenever someone turns back to the Lord, the veil is removed.