2 Corinthians 3
1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Unless we need, as some men, commendatory letters to you or commendatory from you?
Do we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation unto you, or from you?
2 Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
our letter ye are, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
3 being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts.
manifested that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,
4 And we have such confidence toward God through Christ,
and such trust we have through the Christ toward God,
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] of God,
6 who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a Spirit, for the document kills but the Spirit makes alive.
who also made us sufficient [to be] ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.
7 But if the administration of death in writings engraved on stones occurred in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his countenance,
and if the ministration of the death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face — which was being made useless,
8 how will the administration of the Spirit not be more in glory?
how shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?
9 For if the administration of condemnation has glory, the administration of righteousness excels much more in glory.
for if the ministration of the condemnation [is] glory, much more doth the ministration of the righteousness abound in glory;
10 For also that which has been glorified, has not been glorified in this regard, because of the glory that transcends.
for also even that which hath been glorious, hath not been glorious — in this respect, because of the superior glory;
11 For if that which is abolished was through glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
for if that which is being made useless [is] through glory, much more that which is remaining [is] in glory.
12 Having therefore such a hope we use great boldness,
Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
13 and are not as Moses. He put a veil over his face in order for the sons of Israel not to gaze on the end of the fading.
and [are] not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless,
14 But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ.
but their minds were hardened, for unto this day the same vail at the reading of the Old Covenant doth remain unwithdrawn — which in Christ is being made useless —
15 But to this day when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart.
but till to-day, when Moses is read, a vail upon their heart doth lie,
16 But whenever it turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty;
18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing by reflection the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness from glory to glory, just as from the Spirit of the Lord.
and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
