Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Are we beginning again
to commend ourselves? or need
we, as
do
some, epistles
of commendation
to you or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again
? Or do
we need
, like
some people
, letters
of recommendation
to you or from you?
Ye
are our epistle
, written
in
our hearts, known and read of
all
men;
You
yourselves
are our letter
, inscribed
on
our hearts, known and read by
everyone.
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
.
It
is
clear
that you
are a
letter
from
Christ, the
result
of
our
ministry
, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God ,
not on
tablets
of stone but on
tablets
of human
hearts
.
And
such confidence have
we
through Christ to
God-ward:
Such confidence before
God
is
ours
through Christ .
not that we are sufficient
of
ourselves ,
to account
anything as
from ourselves;
but our sufficiency
is
from God ;
Not that we are competent
in
ourselves to claim
that
anything comes
from us,
but our competence
comes
from God .
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.
And
He
has
qualified
us as ministers of a new covenant ,
not of the letter but of the Spirit ;
for the letter kills
, but the Spirit gives
life.
But
if the ministration
of death, written,
`and'
engraven
on stones
, came with glory ,
so
that the children
of
Israel
could not look
stedfastly
upon
the face of Moses for
the
glory
of his
face;
which
`
glory '
was
passing
away:
Now
if the ministry
of death, which
was
engraved
in
letters
on stone
, came with such
glory that the Israelites
could not gaze
at
the face of Moses because
of its
fleeting
glory ,
how
shall
not rather
the ministration
of the spirit be with
glory
?
will
not the ministry
of the Spirit be even
more
glorious
?
For if the ministration
of condemnation hath
glory
, much rather
doth
the ministration
of righteousness exceed
in
glory.
For if the ministry
of condemnation was
glorious
, how
much more
glorious
is
the ministry
of righteousness !
For
verily
that
which
hath
been
made
glorious
hath
not
been
made
glorious in this
respect,
by
reason
of
the glory that surpasseth
.
Indeed,
what
was
once
glorious has
no
glory
now
in comparison
to
the glory that surpasses
it
.
For if that
which
passeth
away
`
was '
with glory, much more
that
which
remaineth
`
is '
in
glory .
For if what
was fading
away
came
with glory, how
much greater
is the
glory of
that
which
endures!
Having
therefore such a hope, we use
great
boldness
of
speech,
Therefore ,
since
we
have
such a hope, we are
very
bold.
and
`
are '
not as
Moses, `
who '
put a veil upon
his face ,
that
the children
of
Israel
should
not
look
stedfastly
on
the end of that
which
was passing
away :
We
are not like
Moses, who would
put a veil over
his face to
keep
the Israelites
from
gazing
at
the end of what
was fading
away .
but their minds were hardened:
for until
this very
day at the reading of the old covenant the
same
veil
remaineth,
it not being
revealed
`to
them'
that
it
is
done
away
in Christ.
But their minds were closed.
For to
this day the
same
veil
remains
at the reading of the old covenant .
It has
not been
lifted,
because
only
in Christ can
it
be
removed
.
But
unto
this day ,
whensoever
Moses is read, a veil lieth
upon
their heart
.
And
even
to
this day when
Moses is read, a veil covers
their hearts
.
But whensoever
it
shall
turn
to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whenever
anyone
turns
to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Now the Lord is the Spirit :
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, `
there '
is liberty
.
Now the Lord is the Spirit ,
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom
.
But
we all
, with unveiled face
beholding
as
in
a
mirror
the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the
same
image from
glory
to
glory, even
as
from the Lord the Spirit.
And
we, who
with unveiled faces
all
reflect
the glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into His
image with
intensifying
glory, which
comes
from the Lord ,
who
is
the Spirit.
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