2 Corinthians 3
1 be first again themself to commend (or *N(k)O*) not to need as/when one recommended epistle to/with you or out from you (recommended *k*)
Do you say that this is self-recommendation once more? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
2 the/this/who epistle me you to be to write in in/on/among the/this/who heart me to know and to read by/under: by all a human
Our letter of recommendation is yourselves--a letter written on our hearts and everywhere known and read.
3 to reveal that/since: that to be epistle Christ to serve by/under: by me to write in no ink but spirit/breath: spirit God to live no in/on/among tablet stone but in/on/among tablet (heart *N(K)O*) fleshly
For all can see that you are a letter of Christ entrusted to our care, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the ever-living God--and not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts as tablets.
4 confidence then such as this to have/be through/because of the/this/who Christ to/with the/this/who God
Such is the confidence which we have through Christ in the presence of God;
5 no that/since: since away from themself sufficient to be to count one as/when out from (themself *NK(O)*) but the/this/who sufficiency me out from the/this/who God
not that of ourselves we are competent to decide anything by our own reasonings, but our competency comes from God.
6 which and to qualify me servant new covenant no something written but spirit/breath: spirit the/this/who for something written to kill the/this/who then spirit/breath: spirit to make alive
It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.
7 if then the/this/who service the/this/who death in/on/among (something written *NK(o)*) to engrave (in/on/among *k*) stone to be in/on/among glory so not be able to gaze the/this/who son Israel toward the/this/who face Moses through/because of the/this/who glory the/this/who face it/s/he the/this/who to abate
If, however, the service that proclaims death--its code being engraved in writing upon stones--came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily on the face of Moses because of the brightness of his face--a vanishing brightness;
8 how! not! more the/this/who service the/this/who spirit/breath: spirit to be in/on/among glory
will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?
9 if for (the/this/who *N(k)O*) service the/this/who condemnation glory much more to exceed the/this/who service the/this/who righteousness (in/on/among *k*) glory
For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.
10 and for (no *N(k)O*) to glorify the/this/who to glorify in/on/among this/he/she/it the/this/who part because of the/this/who to surpass glory
For, in fact, that which was once resplendent in glory has no glory at all in this respect, that it pales before the glory which surpasses it.
11 if for the/this/who to abate through/because of glory much more the/this/who to stay in/on/among glory
For if that which was to be abolished came with glory, much more is that which is permanent arrayed in glory.
12 to have/be therefore/then such as this hope much boldness to use
Therefore, cherishing a hope like this, we speak without reserve, and we do not imitate Moses,
13 and no just as Moses to place veil upon/to/against the/this/who face (it/s/he *N(k)O*) to/with the/this/who not to gaze the/this/who son Israel toward the/this/who goal/tax the/this/who to abate
who used to throw a veil over his face to hide from the gaze of the children of Israel the passing away of what was but transitory.
14 but to harden the/this/who mind/thought it/s/he until for the/this/who today (day *no*) the/this/who it/s/he veil upon/to/against the/this/who reading the/this/who old covenant to stay not to unveil (that/since: since *N(k)O*) in/on/among Christ to abate
Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day during the reading of the book of the ancient Covenant, the same veil remains unlifted, because it is only in Christ that it is to be abolished.
15 but until today when (if *no*) (to read *N(k)O*) Moses veil upon/to/against the/this/who heart it/s/he to lay/be appointed
Yes, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their hearts.
16 when then (if *N(k)O*) to turn to/with lord: God to take away the/this/who veil
But whenever the heart of the nation shall have returned to the Lord, the veil will be withdrawn.
17 the/this/who then lord: God the/this/who spirit/breath: spirit to be whither then the/this/who spirit/breath: spirit lord: God (there *k*) freedom
Now by "the Lord" is meant the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is enjoyed.
18 me then all to unveil face the/this/who glory lord: God to reflect the/this/who it/s/he image to transform away from glory toward glory just as away from lord: God spirit/breath: spirit
And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.
