2 Corinthians 3
1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
DO we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some, commendatory letters to you, or commendatory letters from you?
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
Ye are our letter written in our hearts, acknowledged and read of all men:
3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
because ye are manifestly seen to be the letter of Christ, of which we have been the secretaries, written not with ink, but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tables of stone, but on the fleshly tables of the heart.
4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God,
And such confidence have we through Christ towards God:
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account any thing of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God.
6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Who hath made us also 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 service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away,
For if the ministry of death in letters graven on stone, was attended with glory, so that the children of Israel could not keep their eyes fixed upon the countenance of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance, though soon evanescent;
8 won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
how much more will not the ministry of the Spirit be attended with glory?
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
For if the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more doth the ministry of righteousness excel in glory.
10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
For that which was glorious hath no glory, comparatively, because of the glory which excelleth.
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
For if that which was abolished came in a glorious manner, much more is that which remaineth glorious.
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Having therefore such a hope, we use much freedom of speech.
13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
And act not as Moses who spread a veil over his face, in order that the children of Israel might not look stedfastly to the end of that which should be abolished.
14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
But their understandings were darkened: for unto this day the same veil in their reading the old testament abideth unremoved; which veil is taken away by Christ.
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
For unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is spread over their hearts.
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Nevertheless, when Israel shall turn unto the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
And we all with face unveiled, beholding the glory of the Lord reflected as in a mirror, according to the same image, receive a transformation from glory into glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
