2Co 3:17 - what is meant? context ?

Any insight on the true meaning as can be ascertained from the text meaning on the statement in 2Co 3:17?
2Kor 3,17 (AV) Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty.
What help would come from the context of the passage, such as what is stated in 2Co 3:6?
2Kor 3,6 (AV) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
What does the text and context itself provide in terms of helping to arrive at a correct understanding of the statement made there?
I am not interested in theological ideas and theories being read into the text.
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Hello everyone
I am a little surprised at the total lack of replies and assistance to gain an understanding of the above mentioned verses and passages in 2Co 3 as I had hoped some would have very helpful observations from the text etc ...
Paul is concerned with Christ as the Kavod [of Ezek 1:26] whose visible human form manifests the invisible God both before the incarnation and after the resurrection. In fact, in speaking of the glory that shone on Moses' face Paul may presume that it was Christ himself whose form appeared to Moses on Sinai.
In context, 2 Cor 3:7 - 4:6 is noteworthy for several reasons:
In sum, the apostle does not conceive of Christ simply as another exalted man, like the glorious pre-fall Adam. Christ shares in the divine nature, and is called by the divine name. He is not "created in the image of God," he is the image of God (2 Cor 4:4; see Col 1:15, Phil 2:6). He is an appropriate object of prayer and worship (Rom 10:13, 2 Cor 12:8, Phil 2:6-11).
I hope you appreciate this? Truth found truth shared. CM
SOURCE:
A. T. Hanson, "The Midrash in II Corinthians 3: A Reconsideration," JSNT 9 (1980) 2-28].
PS. What do you think of this Bill?