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?
Must we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some, 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,
You are out letter, written on our hearts, known and read of all men.
3 being revealed that you are a letter of Messiah, 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.
For you are plainly declared Christ's letter, ministered by us, written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.
4 Such confidence we have through Messiah toward God,
Now we have such confidence 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 competent by ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves: but our competency 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 has made us competent ministers of a new institution; not of letter, but of spirit: for the letter kills; but the spirit makes alive.
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,
For if the ministration of death in letters engraved on stone was with glory, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face, which was to be abolished;
8 won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
how much rather shall not the ministration of the Spirit be with glory?
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
For if the ministration of condemnation was glorious, much more does the ministration of justification abound in glory.
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, indeed, that which was glorified, was not glorified, in this respect, by reason of the transcendent glory.
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
For if that which is abolished was with glory, much more that which continues, is with glory.
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
Having, therefore, such confidence, 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 not as Moses, who put a vail upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished.
14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Messiah it passes away.
Indeed, their minds were blinded: for, till this day, the same vail remains in the reading of the Old Institution; it not being discovered that it is abolished in Christ.
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
Moreover, till this day, when Moses is read, the vail lies upon their heart.
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken from around it.
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 freedom.
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.
And we all, with unvailed face, beholding, as in a mirror, the glory of the Lord; are transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
