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unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord
Both of these phrases refer to the ability to understand God's message. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord
Unveiling a person's face allows them to see clearly and is also used to refer to being able to understand. The word "seeing" is used to refer to the ability to understand something. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the same glorious likeness
something that has the same glory as the Lord or something that shows God's glory.
from one degree of glory into another
"from one amount of glory to another amount of glory"