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2 Corinthians 3

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1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

6 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.

7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

18 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.

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or [do we], like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

2 You are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all people,

3 revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

4 Now we possess such confidence through Christ toward God.

5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as from ourselves, but our adequacy [is] from God,

6 who also makes us adequate [as] servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7 But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,

8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be even more with glory?

9 For if [there was] glory in the ministry of condemnation, by much more will the ministry of righteousness overflow with glory.

10 For indeed what had been glorified has not been glorified in this case, on account of the glory that surpasses [it].

11 For if what was transitory [came] with glory, by much more what remains [is] with glory.

12 Therefore, [because we] have such a hope, we use much boldness,

13 and not as Moses used to place a veil over his face, in order that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was transitory.

14 But their minds were hardened. For until this very day, the same veil remains upon the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered, because it is done away with in Christ.

15 But until today, whenever Moses is read aloud, a veil lies upon their heart,

16 but whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord [is, there is] freedom.

18 And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.