Sermons on 2 Corinthians 3:12:

Second Chances Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 19, 2024

If you’re hooked by sin and want to be free, remember who God is, recommit your life to Him, and remain in His presence.

Pastor John Ortberg writes about the time he and his wife went fly-fishing for the first time: He says: “Our guides told us that ‘to catch a fish you have to think like a fish.’ They said that to a fish life is about the maximum gratification of appetite at the minimum expenditure of energy. To a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:1-35, Jeremiah 31:35-37, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Better Way To Live, Part 2 Series

Contributed by Chris Anderson on Mar 11, 2023

Message 4 in an expositional series through Paul's "second" letter to the church in the ancient Greek city of Corinth where he defends his apostleship and corrects serious doctrinal errors within this young church.

How many of you have been following what’s happening down at Asbury University in KY? If you haven’t heard, last Wednesday (February 8) there was a normal chapel service that took place just like any other week. Normal music, normal prayer, normal message. I watched the sermon that was preached and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Last Sunday After Epiphany, Year C. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 22, 2022

MARCH 2nd, 2025. Transfiguration Sunday.

Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99:1-9, 2 Corinthians 3:12-18, 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, Luke 9:28-43. A). A REFLECTED GLORY. Exodus 34:29-35. In discussing the nature of the resurrection body, the Apostle Paul comments, ‘There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon’ (1 Corinthians 15:41). ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35, 2 Corinthians 3:12-18, 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, Luke 9:28-43

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Removing The Veil (February 28, 2022)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 11, 2022

Unbelief always causes problems! In today’s text, Paul associates the veil with unbelief!

REMOVING THE VEIL Text: 2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:2 2 Co 3:12-18  Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness,  (13)  not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18, 2 Corinthians 4:1-2

Denomination: United Methodist

Beholding And Reflecting Our God Series

Contributed by David Owens on Dec 13, 2021

After Moses had beheld God's glory on Mt. Sinai, he could not help but reflect God's glory. That is God's will and plan for us. We are supposed to behold God, become like God, then reflect God to others.

A. Our mission as children of God and disciples of Jesus Christ is to behold and to reflect our God. 1. Let’s begin with two illustrations – one about beholding and the other about reflecting. B. We are all familiar with the saying: “You Are What You Eat.” 1. I like this meme: “They say you are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Beholding, Becoming And Boldly Going- Graduation Sunday

Contributed by Ava Ch on May 29, 2025

Thia is not jsut for graduation sunday but for whole church.

Beloved siblings in Christ, Today we celebrate our graduates—a moment filled with joy, anticipation, and sacred transition. But this is more than a milestone; it's a mirror for all of us. For the Christian life is not static—it is dynamic, unfolding, transformational. The Apostle Paul reminds ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:6-18

The Great Reveal

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Feb 28, 2025

Paul speaks of veils and unveiling in a comparison of law and gospel on a Transfiguration Sunday. A deep text to work through.

3.2.25 2 Corinthians 3:7–18 (EHV) 7 If the ministry that brought death (which was engraved in letters on stone) came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look directly at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (though it was fading), 8 how will the ministry of the spirit ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18

Denomination: Lutheran

Israel’s Repentance Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 3, 2022

This exposition of Zechariah 12:10-14 examines the spiritual transformation of all the remnant of Israel at Christ's Second Coming and the three essentials of genuine salvation taught in the passage. This is a powerful evangelism text.

Intro In Zechariah 12 we have first a description of the physical deliverance God gives Israel during the Battle of Armageddon. In two movements, the Lord gives Israel victory over the much larger army of the Antichrist. First God weakens the enemy by sabotaging their war machine and throwing their ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 12:1-14, Romans 11:25-27, Matthew 5:4, Jeremiah 31:31-34, 2 Corinthians 3:1-16, John 19:32-37, 2 Corinthians 7:1-10, 2 Chronicles 35:24-25, Romans 14:12, Isaiah 53:1-10, John 16:7-11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

We Act With Great Boldness

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Oct 17, 2022

We act with great boldness because Christ removes the veil. We act with great boldness because the Holy Spirit gives us freedom. "So do not be ashamed about the testimony of our Lord" 1 TIMOTHY 1:8a

“WE ACT WITH GREAT BOLDNESS” (Outline) September 4, 2022 – Pentecost 13 – 2 CORINTHIANS 3:12-18 INTRO: The first verse in our text today reminds us we can act with great boldness as Christ followers. Yes, bold actions. Even though we confess that we are humble sinners. We do not deserve any of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Denomination: Lutheran

New Year's Weight Loss

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 6, 2024

Sermon about the results of our fasting and prayer month, gazing into the face of Christ

Background to passage: Paul in his third letter to this troubled, but eventually triumphant church, has spent the better part of the first two chapters giving some information about his travel plans and the changes that had come unexpectedly. He notes how God has used these frustrations to open ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18

Denomination: Baptist

Really Free. Guaranteed.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 6, 2022

Glory or glorious is mentioned fourteen times in this chapter. No chapter in the Bible refers to God’s glory more than, 2 Corinthians 3

Really Free. 2 Corinthians 3:17AMP If we are really free our lives ought to be imitating satan. If we are free it’s, because of Jesus. Freedom doesn’t have to prove a thing. Freedom produces confidence. Freedom makes us bolder. I’ve come up with this thought, When evil is present, and it is ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:17, 2 Corinthians 3:7-18

Denomination: Pentecostal