Greek doxa, glory / honor / splendor, the principal NT term for glory, the NT continuation of OT kavod. The classical Greek term originally meant opinion or reputation; the LXX repurposed the word to translate Hebrew kavod, and the NT picks up the loaded theological sense: doxa as the substantive weight of God's self-revealed being. The Lord Jesus is revealed as the brightness of his glory [doxa], and the express image of his person (Hebrews 1:3); His incarnate ministry was the manifestation of His doxa: we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14); His miracles manifested His glory (John 2:11, the first sign at Cana manifested forth his glory); His transfiguration was a brief unveiling of His doxa (Luke 9:32); His resurrection was His vindication in doxa; His return will be in the glory of his Father with his angels (Matthew 16:27). The believer's destiny is glorification: conformed to the image of the Son and so glorified (Romans 8:30); changed into the same image from glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). The Reformation motto soli Deo gloria (to God alone the glory) is the systematic expression of the NT doxological theology. The patriarchal-Reformed reader recovers doxa as the substantive weight of God's self-revealed being, the believer's eschatological destiny, and the orienting end of all Christian life and worship.