But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Nous tous qui, le visage découvert, contemplons comme dans un miroir la gloire du Seigneur, nous sommes transformés en la même image, de gloire en gloire, comme par le Seigneur, l'Esprit.
KJV
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
n are most perfectly conformed to the image of God by the beatific vision; wherefore it is written ( 2 Cor. 3:18 ): "We . . . are transformed into the same image from glory to glory." But temporal things are known by the beatific vision. Therefore the image of God exists in us ev…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
e are various actions pertaining to the contemplative life. Objection 2: Further, the Apostle says ( 2 Cor. 3:18 ): "But we . . . beholding [speculantes] the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same clarity [*Vulg.: 'into the same image from glory to glory.…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ent as witnesses. Objection 4: Further, Christ's glory is promised as a reward to all the faithful ( 2 Cor. 3:18 ; Phil. 3:21 ), in whom He wished by His transfiguration to enkindle a desire of that glory. Therefore He should have taken not only Peter, James, and John, but all Hi…
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