2 Corinthians 3
1 Do we begin again anew to show who we are? or do we need as others to write epistles of commendation to you concerning ourselves, or that you should write to commend us?
Do we again begin to commend ourselves? or whether have we need of commendatory letters to you or from you, as some do?
2 But you yourselves are our epistle, written in our hearts, and known and read of every man.
You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
3 For you know that you are an epistle of the Meshiha, who hath been ministered by us; written, not with ink but by the Spirit of Aloha the Living; not on tablets of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.
being manifest that you are the letter of Christ, having been ministered by us, having been written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh.
4 BUT such confidence we have through the Meshiha toward Aloha.
But we have such confidence through Christ towards God,
5 For we are not sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our power is from Aloha,
not that we are able of ourselves to think anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 who hath made us fit to be ministers of the new covenant, not in the writing, but in the spirit. For the writing killeth, but the Spirit maketh alive.
who also rendered us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit creates life.
7 But if the ministry of death in the writing engraven on stones was with glory, as that the sons of Israel could not look on the face of Musha because of the glory of his face which is abolished,
But if the ministry of death, having been written in letters of stone, was in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look upon the face of Moses on account of the glory of his countenance; which was destined to be done away:
8 how much more then doth not the ministry Of the Spirit excel in glory?
how will not the ministry of the spirit be more in glory?
9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more doth not the ministry of justification excel in glory?
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, how much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.
10 For that which was glorified had no glory, in comparison of this excelling glory.
For indeed that which was glorious, has ceased to be glorious in this respect on account of the transcendent glory.
11 For if that which was abolished was with glory, how much more shall that which endureth be with glory?
For if that which was to be done away was through glory, much more is that which abides in glory.
12 Therefore because we have this hope, we speak the more boldly,
Then having such hope, we use great boldness,
13 and (are) not as Musha, who threw the veil upon his face, that the sons of Israel might not look upon the End of that which was to be abolished.
and not as Moses put the veil on his face, in order that the sons of Israel might not look forward to the end of that which was transitory.
14 But they are blinded in their minds unto this day. For when the old covenant is read, that very veil standeth upon them, nor is it apparent (to them) that in the Meshiha it hath been abolished.
But their minds were darkened. For until this day the same veil remains in the reading of the old covenant, remains, not lifted; because it is done away in Christ;
15 And unto this day, when Musha is read, the veil is thrown upon their heart.
but until this day when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart:
16 And when any one of them is converted unto the Lord, the veil from him is uplifted.
but when they may turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 But the Lord himself is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord, (there) is liberty.
But the Lord is a Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all with disclosed faces behold the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, and into the resemblance of it are changed from brightness to brightness, as by the Lord the Spirit.
But we all, with unveiled face beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
