12. We have this hope, so we are very brave.
13. We are not like Moses. He put a covering over his face so that the people of Israel would not see it. The glory was disappearing, and Moses did not want them to see it end.
14. But their minds were closed. Even today that same covering hides the meaning when they read the old agreement. That covering is taken away only through Christ.
15. But even today, when they read the law of Moses, there is a covering over their minds.
16. But when a person changes and follows the Lord, that covering is taken away.
17. The Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18. Our faces, then, are not covered. We all show the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings more and more glory. And it comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.