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1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, | 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some ''others'', letters of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? | ||
2 You are our | 2 You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read by everyone; | ||
3 clearly you are | 3 clearly you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. | ||
4 And we have such | 4 And we have such confidence through Christ toward God. | ||
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as | 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as originating from ourselves, but our sufficiency ''is'' from God, | ||
6 who also made us | 6 who also made us competent as ministers of the new testament, not of the letter but of the Spirit; because the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. | ||
7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not | 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly at the Moses' face because of the glory of his countenance, which ''glory'' was passing away, | ||
8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? | 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? | ||
9 Because if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. | 9 Because, if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. | ||
10 Because even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. | 10 Because, even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. | ||
11 Because if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious. | 11 Because, if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious. | ||
12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech; | 12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech; | ||
13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not | 13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly at the outcome of what was passing away. | ||
14 But their minds were blinded. Because until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. | 14 But their minds were blinded. Because, until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. | ||
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart. | 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart. | ||
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16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. | 16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. | ||
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. | 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord ''is'', there ''is'' liberty. | ||
18 But we all, with unveiled face, | 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 09:29, 17 March 2014
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1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, letters of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?
2 You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read by everyone;
3 clearly you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.
4 And we have such confidence through Christ toward God.
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as originating from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
6 who also made us competent as ministers of the new testament, not of the letter but of the Spirit; because the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly at the Moses' face because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,
8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
9 Because, if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
10 Because, even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.
11 Because, if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.
12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech;
13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly at the outcome of what was passing away.
14 But their minds were blinded. Because, until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.