05_Tack_copiaaaaa_85-112 28/04/15 12:35 Pagina 106 106 LAURA TACK Paul’s vision of God’s do,xa (active). In our opinion, 2 Cor 3,18 describes a similar inner transformation that results in the shin- ing face of all Christians. As we have mentioned earlier, also Dupont noticed the corres- pondence between 2 Cor 3,18 and 4,6. According to him, in 3,18 all Christians are described as being changed in the image of Christ as they are reflecting the glory of God on their own faces. In this they resemble Christ who is, according to 4,6, said to be radiating God’s glory on his own face 79. There is, however, some discussion on how to interpret pro,swpon in v. 6. The majority reads it as re- ferring to Christ’s face 80, but Gruber has pointed out that, in v.6, it is an indefinite noun, which describes just a face of Christ. She therefore thinks that the face in v. 6 could equally well refer to Paul’s face that shows the divine glory in a similar way as Christ does and whose face is therefore just like “a face of Christ” 81. The indefinite noun pro,swpon in v. 6 thus sustains the idea of a shared manifestation of glory by Paul and the Corinthians in 2 Cor 3,18. Nevertheless, in v. 6 pro,swpon is explicitly qualified by its resem- blance to Christ’s face, which is presented as the standard for other facial manifestations. The mention of dia. VIhsou/n in v. 5 moreover links this part with 2 Cor 4,10-11 that deals with the earthly Jesus 82. This makes it likely that the face in v. 6 already refers to that of the suffering Christ 83, rather than to the exalted Christ 84. The theme of the shining face is concluded in 2 Cor 4,6 and flows over into the motif of the bodily manifestation of the life of Jesus in 2 Cor 4,7-15. The words to.n qhsauro.n tou/ton in v. 7 refer back to Paul’s ministry that is discussed in 2 Cor 4,1-6 85. This trea- sure is remarkably kept inside clay jars, a container that figuratively 79 See above n. 35. 80 DAUTZENBERG, “Überlegung”, 331; KUSCHNERUS, Gemeinde, 233; SCHWINDT, Gesichte, 248. 81 GRUBER, Herrlichkeit, 295. 82 J. LAMBRECHT, Second Corinthians (Sacra Pagina; Collegeville, MN 1999) 66. 83 Cf. KUSCHNERUS, Gemeinde, 233. 84 DAUTZENBERG, “Überlegungen”, 331. 85 LAMBRECHT, Second Corinthians, 71; KUSCHNERUS, Gemeinde, 238; K.Y. LIM, The Sufferings of Christ Are Abundant in Us (2 Corinthians 1.5). A Nar- rative Dynamics Investigation of Paul’s Suffering in 2 Corinthians (Library of New Testament Studies; London 2009) 101.