Reading Paul without anti-Judaism (2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2)

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We are changed “from glory to glory,” says the King James Version. The 2 Corinthians reading itself moves from cringey to comforting. For Christians striving to remove anti-Judaism from our biblical interpretation and preaching, the first half presents a challenge.