2 Corinthians 3
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The preference of the gospel to the law given by Moses | ||
| Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you? | Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? | |
Verse 1 WEB Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? KJV Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? TSK begin: 2co 2:17, 2co 5:12, 2co 10:8,12, 2co 12:11,19, 1co 3:10, 1co 4:15, 1co 10:33; epistles: ac 18:27, 1co 16:3 |
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| You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge; | Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: | |
Verse 2 WEB You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; KJV Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: TSK are: 1co 3:10, 1co 9:1,2; in: 2co 7:3, 2co 11:11, 2co 12:15, php 1:7; known: ro 1:8, 1co 9:2, 1th 1:8 |
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| For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh. | Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. | |
Verse 3 WEB being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh. KJV Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. TSK the epistle: ex 31:18, re 2:1,8,12,18, re 3:1,7,14,22; ministered: 1co 8:5-10; the living: 2co 6:16, jos 3:10, 1sa 17:26, ps 42:2, ps 84:2, jer 10:10, da 6:26, mt 16:16, 1th 1:9, heb 9:14; not: ex 24:12, ex 34:1; but: ps 40:8, jer 31:33, eze 11:19, eze 36:25-27, heb 8:10, heb 10:16 |
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| And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ: | And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: | |
Verse 4 WEB Such confidence we have through Christ toward God; KJV And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: |
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| Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God; | Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; | |
Verse 5 WEB not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; KJV Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; TSK that: 2co 2:16, 2co 4:7, ex 4:10, joh 15:5; but: 2co 12:9, ex 4:11-16, jer 1:6-10, mt 10:19,20, lu 21:15, lu 24:49, 1co 3:6,10, 1co 15:10, php 2:13, php 4:13, jas 1:17 |
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| Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life. | Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. | |
Verse 6 WEB who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. KJV Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. TSK hath: 2co 5:18-20, mt 13:52, ro 1:5, 1co 3:5,10, 1co 12:28, eph 3:7, eph 4:11,12, col 1:25-29, 1ti 1:11,12, 1ti 4:6, 2ti 1:11; the new: 2co 3:14, jer 31:31, mt 26:28, mr 14:24, lu 22:20, 1co 11:25, heb 7:22, heb 8:6-10, heb 9:15-20, heb 12:24, heb 13:20; not: ro 2:27-29, ro 7:6; for: 2co 3:7,9, de 27:26, ro 3:20, ro 4:15, ro 7:9-11, ga 3:10-12,21; but the: joh 6:63, ro 8:2, 1jo 1:1; giveth life: joh 5:21, ro 4:17, 1co 15:45, eph 2:1,5, 1pe 3:18 |
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| For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time: | But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: | |
Verse 7 WEB But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away: KJV But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: TSK the ministration: 2co 3:6,9, ro 7:10; written: 2co 3:3, ex 24:12, ex 31:18, ex 32:15,16,19, ex 34:1,28, de 4:13, de 5:22, de 9:9-11,15, de 10:1-4, heb 9:4; was: de 4:8, ne 9:13, ps 19:7,8, ps 119:97,127,128,174, ro 7:12-14,22, ge 3:21; that: ex 34:29-35, lu 9:29-31, ac 6:15; which: 2co 3:10,11,14, ro 10:4, 1co 13:10 |
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| Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory? | How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? | |
Verse 8 WEB won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory? KJV How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? TSK the ministration: 2co 3:6,17, 2co 11:4, isa 11:2, isa 44:3, isa 59:21, joe 2:28,29, joh 1:17, joh 7:39, ac 2:17,18,32,33, ro 8:9-16, 1co 3:16, 1co 12:4-11, ga 3:2-5,14, ga 5:5,22,23, eph 2:18, 2th 2:13, 1pe 1:2, jude 1:19,20 |
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| For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness? | For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. | |
Verse 9 WEB For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. KJV For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. TSK the ministration of condemnation: 2co 3:6,7, ex 19:12-19, ex 20:18,19, ro 1:18, ro 8:3,4, ga 3:10, heb 12:18-21; the ministration of righteousness: 2co 5:21, isa 46:13, jer 23:6, ro 1:17, ro 3:21,22, ro 4:11, ro 5:15-21, ro 10:3-10, 1co 1:30, ga 5:4,5, php 3:9, 2pe 1:1; exceed: 2co 3:10,11, 1co 15:41, heb 3:5,6 |
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| For the glory of the first no longer seems to be glory, because of the greater glory of that which comes after. | For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. | |
Verse 10 WEB For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. KJV For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. TSK had: job 25:5, isa 24:23, hag 2:3,7-9, ac 26:13, php 3:7-8, 2pe 1:17, re 21:23,24, re 22:5 |
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| For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory. | For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. | |
Verse 11 WEB For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. KJV For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. TSK if: 2co 3:7, ro 5:20,21, heb 7:21-25, heb 8:13, heb 12:25-29; much: 2co 3:6, 2co 4:1 |
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The preaching of the apostle was suitable to the excellency and evidence of the gospel, through the power of the Holy Ghost | ||
| Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back, | Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: | |
Verse 12 WEB Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, KJV Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: TSK we use: 2co 4:2,3,13, joh 10:24, joh 16:25,29, 1co 14:19, col 4:4; plainness: 2co 7:4, 2co 10:1, ac 4:13,29-31, ac 9:27,29, ac 14:3, eph 6:19,20, php 1:20, 1th 2:2, 1ti 3:13 |
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| And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things: | And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: | |
Verse 13 WEB and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away. KJV And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: TSK which: ex 34:33-35; to the: ro 10:4, ga 3:23,24, eph 2:14,15, col 2:17, heb 10:1-9 |
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| But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ. | But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ. | |
Verse 14 WEB But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. KJV But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ. TSK their: 2co 4:3,4, ps 69:23, isa 6:10, isa 26:10-12, isa 42:18-20, isa 44:18, isa 56:10, isa 59:10, jer 5:21, eze 12:2, mt 6:23, mt 13:11,13-15, joh 9:39-41, joh 12:40, ac 28:26,27, ro 11:7-10,25; which vail: 2co 4:6, isa 25:7, mt 16:17, lu 18:31-34, lu 24:25-27,44-46, joh 8:12, joh 12:46, ac 16:14, ac 26:18, eph 1:17-20 |
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| But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart. | But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. | |
Verse 15 WEB But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. KJV But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. TSK the vail: ac 13:27-29 |
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| But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away. | Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. | |
Verse 16 WEB But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. KJV Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. TSK when: ex 34:34, de 4:30, de 30:10, la 3:40, ho 3:4,5, ro 11:25-27; the vail: isa 25:7, isa 29:18, isa 54:13, jer 31:34, joh 6:45,46 |
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| Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free. | Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. | |
Verse 17 WEB Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. KJV Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. TSK the Lord: 2co 3:6, joh 6:63, 1co 15:45; where: ps 51:12, isa 61:1, ro 8:2,15,16, ga 4:6, 2ti 1:7 |
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| But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit. | But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. | |
Verse 18 WEB But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit. KJV But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. TSK as in: 1co 13:12, jas 1:23; the glory: 2co 4:4,6, joh 1:14, joh 12:41, 1ti 1:11; are: 2co 5:17, ro 8:29, ro 12:2, ro 13:14, 1co 15:49, ga 6:15, eph 4:22-24, col 3:10, tit 3:5, 2pe 1:5-9; from: ro 8:4,7 |
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