2 Corinthians 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Ministers of a New Covenant

(cf. Jer 31:31–34 )

Are we beginning^G757 to commend^G4921 ourselves^G1438 again^G3825? Or^G2228 do we need^G5535, as some^G5100, letters^G1992 of commendation^G4956 to you or^G2228 from you?

2Co 3:2

2Co 3:2You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,

2Co 3:3

2Co 3:3being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, ministered to by us, having been written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of hearts of flesh.

2Co 3:4

And such^G5108 confidence^G4006 we have^G2192 through^G1223 Christ^G5547 toward^G4314 God^G2316.

2Co 3:5

2Co 3:5Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

2Co 3:6

2Co 3:6who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2Co 3:7

But if^G1487 the ministry^G1248 of death^G2288, in letters^G1121 having been engraved^G1795 on stones^G3037, came^G1096 [fn]with glory^G1391, so^G5620 that the sons^G5207 of Israel^G2474 could^G1410 not look^G816 intently^G816 at the face^G4383 of Moses^G3475 because^G1223 of the glory^G1391 of his face^G4383, which was being brought^G2673 to^G2673 an^G2673 end^G2673,

2Co 3:8

2Co 3:8how will the ministry of the Spirit not be even more in glory?

2Co 3:9

2Co 3:9For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.

2Co 3:10

2Co 3:10For indeed what had been glorious, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it.

2Co 3:11

2Co 3:11For if that which was being brought to an end was [fn]with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

2Co 3:12

Therefore^G3767 having^G2192 such^G5108 a^G5108 hope^G1680, we use^G5530 great^G4183 boldness^G3954,

2Co 3:13

2Co 3:13and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the consequence of what was being brought to an end.

2Co 3:14

2Co 3:14But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil [fn]remains unlifted, because it is brought to an end in Christ.

2Co 3:15

2Co 3:15But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart,

2Co 3:16

2Co 3:16but WHENEVER a person TURNS TO THE [fn]LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY.

2Co 3:17

2Co 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2Co 3:18

2Co 3:18But 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 from the Lord, the Spirit.