New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Corinthians 3:3-9
3revealingG5319 yourselves, that you are a letterG1992 of ChristG5547, 12deliveredG1247 by us, writtenG1449 not with inkG3189 but with the SpiritG4151 of 3the livingG2198 GodG2316, not on 4tabletsG4109 ofG3035 stoneG3035 but on 5tabletsG4109 of 67humanG4560 heartsG2588.
4SuchG5108 is the 8confidenceG4006 we haveG2192 towardG4314 GodG2316 throughG1223 ChristG5547. 5Not that we are adequateG2425 in ourselvesG1438 so as to considerG3049 anythingG5100 as having come from ourselvesG1438, but 9our adequacyG2426 is from GodG2316, 6whoG3739 alsoG2532 madeG2427 us adequateG2427 as 10servantsG1249 of a 11newG2537 covenantG1242, not of 12the letterG1121 but of the SpiritG4151; for the letterG1121 killsG615, but 13the SpiritG4151 givesG2227 lifeG2227.
7But ifG1487 the 14ministryG1248 of deathG2288, engravedG1795 15in lettersG1121 on stonesG3037, cameG1096 16with gloryG1391 17soG5620 thatG5620 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 18the ministryG1248 of condemnationG2633 has gloryG1391, muchG4183 moreG3123 does the 19ministryG1248 of righteousnessG1343 excelG4052 in gloryG1391.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit served ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 3:3 2 Cor 3:6 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Matt 16:16 ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15f; 2 Cor 3:7 ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Prov 3:3; 7:3; Jer 17:1 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Lit hearts of flesh ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Jer 31:33; Ezek 11:19; 36:26 ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 3:4 Eph 3:12 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 3:5 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 3:6 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Jer 31:31; Luke 22:20 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Rom 2:29 ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 3:6 John 6:63; Rom 7:6 ↩
- 14. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Rom 4:15; 5:20; 7:5f; 2 Cor 3:9; Gal 3:10, 21f ↩
- 15. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15f; 2 Cor 3:3 ↩
- 16. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Or in glory ↩
- 17. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Ex 34:29-35; 2 Cor 3:13 ↩
- 18. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Deut 27:26; 2 Cor 3:7; Heb 12:18-21 ↩
- 19. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Rom 1:17; 3:21f ↩
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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