New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Corinthians 3:1-4
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 peopleG444, 3revealingG5319 yourselves, that you are a letterG1992 of ChristG5547, 45deliveredG1247 by us, writtenG1449 not with inkG3189 but with the SpiritG4151 of 6the livingG2198 GodG2316, not on 7tabletsG4109 ofG3035 stoneG3035 but on 8tabletsG4109 of 910humanG4560 heartsG2588.
4SuchG5108 is the 11confidenceG4006 we haveG2192 towardG4314 GodG2316 throughG1223 ChristG5547.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 3:1 2 Cor 5:12; 10:12, 18; 12:11 ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 3:1 Acts 18:27; 1 Cor 16:3 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 3:2 1 Cor 9:2 ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit served ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 3:3 2 Cor 3:6 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Matt 16:16 ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15f; 2 Cor 3:7 ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Prov 3:3; 7:3; Jer 17:1 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit hearts of flesh ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Jer 31:33; Ezek 11:19; 36:26 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 3:4 Eph 3:12 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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