2 Corinthians 3
1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, letters of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or [commendatory] from you?
2 You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
3 For as much as you are manifestly declared to be the letter 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.
being manifested to be Christ's epistle ministered by us, written, not with ink, but [the] Spirit of [the] living God; not on stone tables, but on fleshy tables of [the] heart.
4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
And such confidence have we through the Christ towards God:
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] of God;
6 Who also has made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.
who has also made us competent, [as] ministers of [the] new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.
7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, [a glory] which is annulled;
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
For if the ministry of condemnation [be] glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.
10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excels.
For also that [which was] glorified is not glorified in this respect, on account of the surpassing glory.
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious.
For if that annulled [was introduced] with glory, much rather that which abides [subsists] in glory.
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
Having therefore such hope, we use much boldness:
13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same veil not taken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, the veil is on their heart.
But unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
But when it shall turn to [the] Lord, the veil is taken away.)
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, but 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.
But we all, looking on the glory of the Lord, with unveiled face, are transformed according to the same image from glory to glory, even as by [the] Lord [the] Spirit.
