The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 incipimus iterum nosmet ipsos commendare aut numquid egemus sicut quidam commendaticiis epistulis ad vos aut ex vobis
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Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?
2 epistula nostra vos estis scripta in cordibus nostris quae scitur et legitur ab omnibus hominibus
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You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
3 manifestati quoniam epistula estis Christi ministrata a nobis et scripta non atramento sed Spiritu Dei vivi non in tabulis lapideis sed in tabulis cordis carnalibus
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clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.
4 fiduciam autem talem habemus per Christum ad Deum
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And we have such trust through Christ toward God.
5 non quod sufficientes simus cogitare aliquid a nobis quasi ex nobis sed sufficientia nostra ex Deo est
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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
6 qui et idoneos nos fecit ministros novi testamenti non litterae sed Spiritus littera enim occidit Spiritus autem vivificat
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who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 quod si ministratio mortis litteris deformata in lapidibus fuit in gloria ita ut non possent intendere filii Israhel in faciem Mosi propter gloriam vultus eius quae evacuatur
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But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,
8 quomodo non magis ministratio Spiritus erit in gloria
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how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
9 nam si ministratio damnationis gloria est multo magis abundat ministerium iustitiae in gloria
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For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
10 nam nec glorificatum est quod claruit in hac parte propter excellentem gloriam
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For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.
11 si enim quod evacuatur per gloriam est multo magis quod manet in gloria est
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For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.
12 habentes igitur talem spem multa fiducia utimur
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Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech--
13 et non sicut Moses ponebat velamen super faciem suam ut non intenderent filii Israhel in faciem eius quod evacuatur
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unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.
14 sed obtusi sunt sensus eorum usque in hodiernum enim diem id ipsum velamen in lectione veteris testamenti manet non revelatum quoniam in Christo evacuatur
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But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
15 sed usque in hodiernum diem cum legitur Moses velamen est positum super cor eorum
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But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 cum autem conversus fuerit ad Deum aufertur velamen
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Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Dominus autem Spiritus est ubi autem Spiritus Domini ibi libertas
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Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 nos vero omnes revelata facie gloriam Domini speculantes in eandem imaginem transformamur a claritate in claritatem tamquam a Domini Spiritu
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But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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