2 Corinthians 3:3-6
King James Version
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1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?Select 2 Corinthians 3:1
2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:Select 2 Corinthians 3:2
3Forasmuch 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 fleshy tables of the heart.Select 2 Corinthians 3:3
4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:Select 2 Corinthians 3:4
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;Select 2 Corinthians 3:5
6Who 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.Select 2 Corinthians 3:6
7But 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:Select 2 Corinthians 3:7
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?Select 2 Corinthians 3:8
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WEB
3:3 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.
3:4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
3:5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
3:6 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.
ASV
3:3 being made manifest that ye are an 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 tables that are hearts of flesh.
3:4 And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:
3:5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
3:6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
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