8. So surely the new agreement that comes from the life-giving Spirit has even more glory.
9. This is what I mean: That old agreement judged people guilty of sin, but it had glory. So surely the new agreement that makes people right with God has much greater glory.
10. That old agreement had glory. But it really loses its glory when it is compared to the much greater glory of the new agreement.
11. If the agreement that was brought to an end came with glory, then the agreement that never ends has much greater glory.
12. We are so sure of this hope that we can speak very openly.
13. We are not like Moses, who put a covering over his face. He covered 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. And even today, when those people read the writings of the old agreement, that same covering hides the meaning. That covering has not been removed for them. It is taken away only through Christ.
15. Yes, even today, when they read the Law of Moses, there is a covering over their minds.
16. But when someone 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. And our faces 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, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.