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?
Are we beginning again to recommend ourselves? Or do we need, like some others, letters of recommendation to you, or letters of recommendation 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, known and read by 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.
since ye are manifestly shown to be a letter of Christ by means of our service, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on fleshly tablets of the heart.
4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God,
And such confidence as this have we through Christ toward 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 able of ourselves to think anything, as from ourselves; but our ability is from 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 also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, 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,
But if the ministration of death, engraven in letters on stones, was so glorious, that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses by reason of the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away,
8 won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
shall not the ministration of the Spirit be much more glorious?
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
For if the ministration of condemnation had glory, much greater is the glory of the ministration of righteousness.
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 even that which was made glorious hath ceased to be glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory by which it is exceeded.
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
For if that which was to be done away was glorious, much more glorious is that which endureth.
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Having therefore such hope, we use great plainness 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 do not as Moses did, who put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the end of that which was to be done away.
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 blinded; for until this day, when the old covenant is read, the same veil remaineth, since it is not unveiled to them that it is done away in Christ;
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
but even till this day, when Moses is read, there lieth a veil upon their heart;
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
but whenever it turneth to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the 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.
But we all with unveiled face beholding in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
