2Corinthians:3
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Do we begin again to commend ourselves ?
Or do we need ,
like some ,
epistles of commendation to you ,
or [
letters ]
of commendation from you ?
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You are our epistle written in our hearts ,
known and read by all men ,
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it ]
having been made plain that you are the epistle of Christ ,
ministered by us ,
not having been written with ink ,
but with the Spirit of the living God ;
not on tablets of stone ,
but in fleshly tablets of [
the ]
heart .
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And we have such trust through Christ toward God ,
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not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ,
but our sufficiency [
is ]
of God ;
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who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant ;
not of the letter ,
but of the spirit ;
for the letter kills ,
but the Spirit makes alive .
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But if the ministry of death ,
having been engraved in letters in stone was with glory (
so that the sons of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses because of the glory of his face ),
which was being done away ;
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shall not the ministry of the Spirit be with more glory ?
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For if the ministry of condemnation [
is ]
glorious ,
much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed in glory .
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For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect ,
because of the glory that excels .
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For if that which has been done away [
was ]
glorious ,
much more that which remains [
is ]
glorious .
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Then since we have such hope ,
we use great plainness of speech .
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And we are not like Moses , [
who ]
put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of the thing being done away .
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But their thoughts were blinded ;
for until the present the same veil remains on the reading of the old covenant ,
not taken away .)
But this veil has been done away in Christ .
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But until this day ,
when Moses is read ,
the veil is on their heart .
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But whenever it turns to [
the ]
Lord ,
the veil shall be taken away .
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And the Lord [
is ]
that Spirit ;
and where the Spirit of [
the ]
Lord [
is ],
there [
is ]
liberty .
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But we all ,
with [
our ]
face having been unveiled ,
having beheld the glory of the Lord as in a mirror ,
are being changed into the same image from glory to glory ,
even as by the Lord Spirit .