2 Corinthians 3:12-18 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:… I. ITS FIGURATIVE REPRESENTATION. This moral blindness)is — 1. Criminal — the result of a sinful course. 2. Dangerous — a most alarming moral disease. 3. Temporary — the heart must one day be quickened. II. ITS UNIVERSAL SYMPTOMS. Want of spiritual — 1. Understanding. 2. Perception. A thick haze of sin hides the spiritual from the soul's eye. III. ITS GRAND DISCOVERY. Man's awful moral insensibility is seen in — 1. His opposition. 2. His indifference to the gospel. But yet this will be done away in Christ. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:WEB: Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, |
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