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New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 3

Ministers of a New Covenant

1Are we beginningG757 to 1commendG4921 ourselvesG1438 againG3825? OrG2228 do we needG5535, as someG5100, 2lettersG1992 of commendationG4956 to you orG2228 from you? 23You are our letterG1992, writtenG1449 in our heartsG2588, knownG1097 and readG314 by allG3956 menG444; 3being manifestedG5319 that you are a letterG1992 of ChristG5547, 45caredG1247 for by us, writtenG1449 not with inkG3189 but with the SpiritG4151 of 6the livingG2198 GodG2316, not on 7tabletsG4109 of stoneG3035 but on 8tabletsG4109 of 910humanG4560 heartsG2588.

4SuchG5108 11confidenceG4006 we haveG2192 throughG1223 ChristG5547 towardG4314 GodG2316. 5Not that we are adequateG2425 in ourselvesG1438 to considerG3049 anythingG5100 as coming from ourselvesG1438, but 12our adequacyG2426 is from GodG2316, 6whoG3739 alsoG2532 madeG2427 us adequateG2427 as 13servantsG1249 of a 14newG2537 covenantG1242, not of 15the letterG1121 but of the SpiritG4151; for the letterG1121 killsG615, but 16the SpiritG4151 givesG2227 lifeG2227.

7But ifG1487 the 17ministryG1248 of deathG2288, 18in lettersG1121 engravedG1795 on stonesG3037, cameG1096 19with gloryG1391, 20soG5620 that the sonsG5207 of IsraelG2474 couldG1410 not lookG816 intentlyG816 at the faceG4383 of MosesG3475 becauseG1223 of the gloryG1391 of his faceG4383, fadingG2673 as it was, 8howG4459 will the ministryG1248 of the SpiritG4151 failG3780 to be even moreG3123 with gloryG1391? 9For ifG1487 21the ministryG1248 of condemnationG2633 has gloryG1391, muchG4183 moreG3123 does the 22ministryG1248 of righteousnessG1343 aboundG4052 in gloryG1391. 10For indeedG2532 what hadG1392 gloryG1392, in thisG3778 caseG3313 hasG1392 noG3756 gloryG1392 becauseG1752 of the gloryG1391 that surpassesG5235 it. 11For ifG1487 that which fadesG2673 awayG2673 was 23with gloryG1391, muchG4183 moreG3123 that which remainsG3306 is in gloryG1391.

1224ThereforeG3767 havingG2192 suchG5108 a hopeG1680, 25we useG5530 greatG4183 boldnessG3954 in our speechG3954, 13and are not likeG2509 MosesG3475, 26who used to putG5087 a veilG2571 overG1909 his faceG4383 soG4314 that the sonsG5207 of IsraelG2474 would not lookG816 intentlyG816 at the endG5056 of what was fadingG2673 awayG2673. 14But their mindsG3540 were 27hardenedG4456; for untilG891 thisG4594 veryG4594 dayG2250 at the 28readingG320 of 29the oldG3820 covenantG1242 the sameG846 veilG2571 30remainsG3306 unliftedG343, becauseG3754 it is removedG2673 in ChristG5547. 15But to thisG4594 dayG4594 wheneverG2259G302 MosesG3475 is readG314, a veilG2571 liesG2749 overG1909 their heartG2588; 1631but wheneverG2259G1437 a person turnsG1994 to the LordG2962, the veilG2571 is takenG4014 awayG4014. 17NowG1161 the LordG2962 is the SpiritG4151, and whereG3757 32the SpiritG4151 of the LordG2962 is, 33there is libertyG1657. 18But we allG3956, with unveiledG343 faceG4383, 34beholdingG2734 as in a mirrorG2734 the 35gloryG1391 of the LordG2962, are being 36transformedG3339 into the sameG846 imageG1504 from gloryG1391 to gloryG1391, justG2509 as from 37the LordG2962, the SpiritG4151.

Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 3:1 2 Cor 5:12; 10:12, 18; 12:11 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 3:1 Acts 18:27; 1 Cor 16:3 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 3:2 1 Cor 9:2 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit served ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 3:3 2 Cor 3:6 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Matt 16:16 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15f; 2 Cor 3:7 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Prov 3:3; 7:3; Jer 17:1 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit hearts of flesh ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Jer 31:33; Ezek 11:19; 36:26 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 3:4 Eph 3:12 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 3:5 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 3:6 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Jer 31:31; Luke 22:20 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Rom 2:29 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 3:6 John 6:63; Rom 7:6 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Rom 4:15; 5:20; 7:5f; 2 Cor 3:9; Gal 3:10, 21f ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15f; 2 Cor 3:3 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Or in glory ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Ex 34:29-35; 2 Cor 3:13 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Deut 27:26; 2 Cor 3:7; Heb 12:18-21 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Rom 1:17; 3:21f ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 3:11 Lit through ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 3:12 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Corinthians 3:12 Acts 4:13, 29; 2 Cor 7:4; Eph 6:19; 1 Thess 2:2 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Corinthians 3:13 Ex 34:33-35; 2 Cor 3:7 ↩
  27. 27. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Rom 11:7; 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Acts 13:15 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Corinthians 3:14 2 Cor 3:6 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Corinthians 3:14 Or remains, it not being revealed that it is done away in Christ ↩
  31. 31. 2 Corinthians 3:16 Ex 34:34; Rom 11:23 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Corinthians 3:17 Is 61:1f; Gal 4:6 ↩
  33. 33. 2 Corinthians 3:17 John 8:32; Gal 5:1, 13 ↩
  34. 34. 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Cor 13:12 ↩
  35. 35. 2 Corinthians 3:18 John 17:22, 24; 2 Cor 4:4, 6 ↩
  36. 36. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Rom 8:29 ↩
  37. 37. 2 Corinthians 3:18 2 Cor 3:17 ↩

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 3

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