DEFINITION OF TERMS - GLORY (DOXA)

Word Information

Word: Doxa (Gk)
English: Glory
glory – doxa – δόξα

Source: Thayer’s Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
Author: Joseph H. Thayer

"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18

Definition

good opinion concerning one, and as resulting from that, praise, honor, glory
as a translation of the Hebrew [kabod] כָּבוד, splendor, brightness;

used of the heavenly brightness, by which God was conceived of as surrounded, and by which heavenly beings were surrounded when they appeared on earth…
magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace
majesty;
a. that which belongs to God; and a. the kingly majesty which belongs to him as the supreme ruler
b. majesty which belongs to Christ; and a. the kingly majesty of the Messiah
a most glorious condition, most exalted state;
a. of that condition with God the Father in heaven to which Christ was raised after he had achieved his work on earth; (where he is said to have been in the same condition before his incarnation, and even before the beginning of the world
b. “the glorious condition of blessedness into which it is appointed and promised that true Christians shall enter after their Saviour’s return from heaven”; which condition begins to be enjoyed even now through the devout contemplation of the divine majesty of Christ, and its influence upon those who contemplate it; and this condition will include not only the blessedness of the soul but also the gain of a more excellent body.

The Lord is full of glory and He intends to share this glory with us. But for us to partake in His glory, we have to take up our cross and follow Him. This means we have to suffer with Him. Romans 8:17 – And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

For now, we have been called to give God glory with the way we live our lives.

1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

The more knowledge of God we have, the more of His glory we have in us. We become transformed from the inside out because the more we behold Him, the more we are changed into His likeness.

2 Corinthians 4:7 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

Ephesians 1:12 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.