ASV_Strong : 2 Corinthians 3
1. Are we beginning[G756] again[G3825] to commend[G4921] ourselves[G1438]? or[G1487] need[G3361] we[G5535], as[G5613] do[G5613] some[G5100], epistles[G1992] of commendation[G4956] to[G4314] you[G5209] or[G2228] from you[G5216]?
2. Ye[G5210] are[G2075] our[G2257] epistle[G1992], written[G1449] in[G1722] our[G2257] hearts[G2588], known[G1097] and[G2532] read[G314] of[G5259] all[G3956] men[G444];
3. being made[G3754] manifest[G5319] that ye are[G2075] an epistle[G1992] of Christ[G5547], ministered[G1247] by[G5259] us[G2257], written[G1449] not[G3756] with ink[G3188], but[G235] with the Spirit[G4151] of the living[G2198] God[G2316]; not[G3756] in[G1722] tables[G4109] of stone[G3035], but[G235] in[G1722] tables[G4109] that are hearts[G2588] of flesh[G4560].
4. And[G1161] such[G5108] confidence[G4006] have we[G2192] through[G1223] Christ[G5547] to[G4314] God-ward[G2316]:
5. not[G3756] that[G3754] we are[G2070] sufficient[G2425] of[G575] ourselves[G1438], to account[G3049] anything[G5100] as[G5613] from ourselves[G1438]; but[G235] our[G2257] sufficiency[G2426] is from[G1537] God[G2316];
6. who[G3739] also[G2532] made[G2427] us[G2248] sufficient as ministers[G1249] of a new[G2537] covenant[G1242]; not[G3756] of the letter[G1121], but[G235] of the spirit[G4151]: for[G1063] the letter[G1121] killeth[G615], but[G1161] the spirit[G4151] giveth life[G2227].
7. But[G1161] if[G1487] the ministration[G1248] of death[G1722], written[G1121], and engraven[G1795] on[G1722] stones[G3037], came[G1096] with[G1722] glory[G1391], so that[G5620] the children[G5207] of Israel[G2474] could[G1410] not[G3361] look[G816] stedfastly upon[G1519] the face[G4383] of Moses[G3475] for[G1223] the glory[G1391] of his[G846] face[G4383]; which[G3588] glory was passing away[G2673]:
8. how[G4459] shall[G2071] not[G3780] rather[G3123] the ministration[G1248] of the spirit[G4151] be[G2071] with[G1722] glory[G1391]?
9. For[G1063] if[G1487] the ministration[G1248] of condemnation[G2633] hath glory[G1391], much[G4183] rather[G3123] doth[G4052] the ministration[G1248] of righteousness[G1343] exceed[G4052] in[G1722] glory[G1391].
10. For[G1063] verily[G2532] that which[G3588] hath been made glorious[G1392] hath[G1392] not[G3761] been made glorious[G1392] in[G1722] this[G5129] respect[G3313], by reason of[G1752] the glory[G1391] that[G3588] surpasseth[G5235].
11. For[G1063] if[G1487] that which[G3588] passeth away[G2673] was[G1223] with glory[G1391], much[G4183] more[G3123] that which[G3588] remaineth[G3306] is[G1722] in glory[G1391].
12. Having[G2192] therefore[G3767] such[G5108] a hope[G1680], we use[G5530] great[G4183] boldness of speech[G3954],
13. and[G2532] are not[G3756] as[G2509] Moses[G3475], who put[G5087] a veil[G2571] upon[G1909] his[G1438] face[G4383], that[G4314] the children[G5207] of Israel[G2474] should not[G3361] look[G816] stedfastly on[G1519] the end[G5056] of that which[G3588] was passing away[G2673]:
14. but[G235] their[G846] minds[G3540] were hardened[G4456]: for[G1063] until[G891] this very day[G4594] at the reading[G320] of the old[G3820] covenant[G1242] the same[G846] veil[G2571] remaineth[G3306], it not being[G1909] revealed[G343] to them that it[G3739] is[G5100] done away[G2673] in[G1722] Christ[G5547].
15. But[G235] unto[G2193] this day[G4594], whensoever[G2259] Moses[G3475] is read[G314], a veil[G2571] lieth[G2749] upon[G1909] their[G846] heart[G2588].
16. But[G1161] whensoever[G2259] it[G302] shall turn[G1994] to[G4314] the Lord[G2962], the veil[G2571] is taken away[G4014].
17. Now[G1161] the Lord[G2962] is[G2076] the Spirit[G4151]: and[G1161] where[G3757] the Spirit[G4151] of the Lord[G2962] is[G1563], there is liberty[G1657].
18. But[G1161] we[G2249] all[G3956], with[G4383] unveiled[G343] face[G4383] beholding as in a mirror[G2734] the glory[G1391] of the Lord[G2962], are transformed[G3339] into the same[G846] image[G1504] from[G575] glory[G1391] to[G1519] glory[G1391], even as[G2509] from[G575] the Lord[G2962] the Spirit[G4151].
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