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2Co 3:17. Ὁ δὲ Κύριος τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν, but the Lord is that Spirit) The Lord is the subject. Christ is not the letter, but He is the Spirit and the end of the law. A sublime announcement: comp. Php 1:21; Gal 3:16. The particle but, or now, shows that the preceding is explained by this verse. The turning (conversion) takes place [is made] to the Lord, as the Spirit.-οὗ δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα Κυρίου, and where the Spirit of the Lord is) Where Christ is, there the Spirit of Christ is; where the Spirit of Christ is, there Christ is; Rom 8:9-10. Where Christ and His Spirit are, there is liberty: Joh 8:36; Gal 4:6-7.-ἐκεῖ) there, and there only.-ἐλευθερία) liberty, opposed to the veil, the badge of slavery: liberty, without such fear in looking, as the children of Israel had, Exo 34:30.