2 Corinthians 3:16
Good News Translation
But it can be removed, as the scripture says about Moses: "His veil was removed when he turned to the Lord."

New Revised Standard Version
but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

Contemporary English Version
with a covering that is removed only for those who turn to the Lord.

New American Bible
but whenever a person turns to the Lord the veil is removed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

when.

Exodus 34:34 But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with him, he took it away until he came forth, and then he spoke to the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him.

Deuteronomy 4:30 After all the things aforesaid shall find thee, in the latter time thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shalt hear his voice.

Deuteronomy 30:10 Yet so if thou hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which are written in this law: and return to the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

Lamentations 3:40 Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

Hosea 3:4,5 For the children of Israel shall sit many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and without theraphim. . . .

Romans 11:25-27 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in. . . .

the vail.

Isaiah 25:7 And he shall destroy in this mountain the face of the bond with which all people were tied, and the web that he began over all nations.

Isaiah 29:18 And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

Isaiah 54:13 All thy children shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peace of thy children.

Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying: Know the Lord: for all shall know me from the least of them even to the greatest, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

John 6:45,46 It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father and hath learned cometh forth me. . . .

Context
The Glory of the New Covenant
15But even until this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. 16But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. 17Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.…
Cross References
Exodus 34:34
But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with him, he took it away until he came forth, and then he spoke to the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him.

Isaiah 25:7
And he shall destroy in this mountain the face of the bond with which all people were tied, and the web that he began over all nations.

Romans 11:23
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

2 Corinthians 3:15
But even until this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.

2 Corinthians 3:15
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