2 Corinthians 3 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Ministers of a New Covenant

1 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?

2 You are our letter ^G1992, having been written ^G1449 in our hearts ^G2588, known ^G1097 and read ^G314 by all ^G3956 men ^G444, 3 being manifested ^G5319 that you are a letter ^G1992 of Christ ^G5547, ministered ^G1247 to by us, having been written ^G1449 not with ink ^G3189 but with the Spirit ^G4151 of the living ^G2198 God ^G2316, not on tablets ^G4109 of ^G3035 stone ^G3035 but on tablets ^G4109 of hearts ^G2588 of flesh ^G4560.

4 And such ^G5108 confidence ^G4006 we have ^G2192 through ^G1223 Christ ^G5547 toward ^G4314 God ^G2316. 5 Not that we are sufficient ^G2425 in ourselves ^G1438 to consider ^G3049 anything ^G5100 as coming from ourselves ^G1438, but our sufficiency ^G2426 is from God ^G2316, 6 who ^G3739 also ^G2532 made ^G2427 us sufficient ^G2427 as ministers ^G1249 of a new ^G2537 covenant ^G1242, not of the letter ^G1121 but of the Spirit ^G4151; for the letter ^G1121 kills ^G615, but the Spirit ^G4151 gives ^G2227 life ^G2227.

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, 8 how ^G4459 will the ministry ^G1248 of the Spirit ^G4151 not ^G3780 be even more ^G3123 in glory ^G1391? 9 For if ^G1487 the ministry ^G1248 of condemnation ^G2633 has glory ^G1391, much ^G4183 more ^G3123 does the ministry ^G1248 of righteousness ^G1343 abound ^G4052 in glory ^G1391. 10 For indeed ^G2532 what had ^G1392 been glorious ^G1392, in this ^G3778 case ^G3313 has ^G1392 no ^G3756 glory ^G1392 because ^G6025 of the glory ^G1391 that surpasses ^G5235 it. 11 For if ^G1487 that which was being brought ^G2673 to ^G2673 an ^G2673 end ^G2673 was [fn]with glory ^G1391, much ^G4183 more ^G3123 that which remains ^G3306 is in glory ^G1391.

12 Therefore ^G3767 having ^G2192 such ^G5108 a ^G5108 hope ^G1680, we use ^G5530 great ^G4183 boldness ^G3954, 13 and are not like ^G2509 Moses ^G3475, who used to put ^G5087 a veil ^G2571 over ^G1909 his face ^G4383 so ^G4314 that the sons ^G5207 of Israel ^G2474 would not look ^G816 intently ^G816 at the consequence ^G5056 of what was being brought ^G2673 to ^G2673 an ^G2673 end ^G2673. 14 But their minds ^G3540 were hardened ^G4456; for until ^G891 this ^G4594 very ^G4594 day ^G2250 at the reading ^G320 of the old ^G3820 covenant ^G1242 the same ^G846 veil ^G2571 [fn]remains ^G3306 unlifted ^G343, because ^G3754 it is brought ^G2673 to ^G2673 an ^G2673 end ^G2673 in Christ ^G5547. 15 But to this ^G4594 day ^G4594 whenever ^G2259 G302 Moses ^G3475 is read ^G314, a veil ^G2571 lies ^G2749 over ^G1909 their heart ^G2588, 16 but WHENEVER ^G2259 G1437 a person TURNS ^G1994 TO THE [fn]LORD ^G2962, THE VEIL ^G2571 IS TAKEN ^G4014 AWAY ^G4014. 17 Now ^G1161 the Lord ^G2962 is the Spirit ^G4151, and where ^G3757 the Spirit ^G4151 of the Lord ^G2962 is, there is freedom ^G1657. 18 But we all ^G3956, with unveiled ^G343 face ^G4383, beholding ^G2734 as ^G2734 in ^G2734 a ^G2734 mirror ^G2734 the glory ^G1391 of the Lord ^G2962, are being transformed ^G3339 into the same ^G846 image ^G1504 from glory ^G1391 to glory ^G1391, just ^G2509 as ^G2509 from the Lord ^G2962, the Spirit ^G4151.