2 Corinthians 3
3
1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?
2You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men:
3Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart.
4And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.
5Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
6Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit. For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.
7Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious; so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void:
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?
9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.
10For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is in glory.
12Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence:
13And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.
14But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).
15But even until this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
16But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
17Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18But we all beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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2 Corinthians (2 Co) 3
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1Are we starting to recommend ourselves again? Or do we, like some, need letters of recommendation either to you or from you? 2You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. 3You make it clear that you are a letter from the Messiah placed in our care, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on human hearts.
4Such is the confidence we have through the Messiah toward God. 5It is not that we are competent in ourselves to count anything as having come from us; on the contrary, our competence is from God. 6He has even made us competent to be workers serving a New Covenant, the essence of which is not a written text but the Spirit. For the written text brings death, but the Spirit gives life.
7Now if that which worked death, by means of a written text engraved on stone tablets, came with glory — such glory that the people of Isra’el could not stand to look at Moshe’s face because of its brightness, even though that brightness was already fading away — 8won’t the working of the Spirit be accompanied by even greater glory? 9For if there was glory in what worked to declare people guilty, how much more must the glory abound in what works to declare people innocent! 10In fact, by comparison with this greater glory, what was made glorious before has no glory now. 11For if there was glory in what faded away, how much more glory must there be in what lasts.
12Therefore, with a hope like this, we are very open — 13unlike Moshe, who put a veil over his face, so that the people of Isra’el would not see the fading brightness come to an end.
14What is more, their minds were made stonelike; for to this day the same veil remains over them when they read the Old Covenant; it has not been unveiled, because only by the Messiah is the veil taken away. 15Yes, till today, whenever Moshe is read, a veil lies over their heart. 16“But,” says the Torah, “whenever someone turns to Adonai, the veil is taken away.” 17Now, “Adonai” in this text means the Spirit. And where the Spirit of Adonai is, there is freedom. 18So all of us, with faces unveiled, see as in a mirror the glory of the Lord; and we are being changed into his very image, from one degree of glory to the next, by Adonai the Spirit.
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