Dict: easton - Letter

easton:

Letter @ in kjv@Romans:2:27-29 means the outward form. The "oldness of the letter" (7:6) is a phrase which denotes the old way of literal outward obedience to the law as a system of mere external rules of conduct. In kjv@2Corinthians:3:6, "the letter" means the Mosaic law as a written law. (
See WRITING.)