2 Corinthians 3 ========== :1 Do we begin 0756 -archomai again 3825 -palin to commend 4921 -sunistao ourselves 1438 -heautou ? or 3361 -me need 5535 - chreizo we, as some 5100 -tis [others], epistles 1992 -epistole of commendation 4956 -sustatikos to you, or 2228 -e [letters] of commendation 4956 -sustatikos from you? :2 Ye are our epistle 1992 -epistole written 1449 - eggrapho in our hearts 2588 -kardia , known 1097 -ginosko and read 0314 -anaginosko of all 3956 -pas men 0444 -anthropos : :3 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly 5319 -phaneroo declared 5319 -phaneroo to be the epistle 1992 -epistole of Christ 5547 -Christos ministered 1247 -diakoneo by us, written 1449 -eggrapho not with ink 3188 -melan , but with the Spirit 4151 -pneuma of the living 2198 -zao God 2316 -theos ; not in tables 4109 -plax of stone 3035 -lithinos , but in fleshy 4560 - sarkinos tables 4109 -plax of the heart 2588 -kardia . :4 And such 5108 -toioutos trust 4006 -pepoithesis have 2192 -echo we through 1223 -dia Christ 5547 -Christos to God - ward 2316 -theos : :5 Not that we are sufficient 2425 -hikanos of ourselves 1438 -heautou to think 3049 -logizomai any 5100 -tis thing as of ourselves 1438 -heautou ; but our sufficiency 2426 -hikanotes [is] of God 2316 -theos ; :6 Who 3739 -hos also 2532 -kai hath made 2427 -hikanoo us able 2427 -hikanoo ministers 1249 -diakonos of the new 2537 - kainos testament 1242 -diatheke ; not of the letter 1121 -gramma , but of the spirit 4151 -pneuma : for the letter 1121 -gramma killeth 0615 -apokteino , but the spirit 4151 -pneuma giveth life 2227 -zoopoieo . :7 But if 1487 -ei the ministration 1248 -diakonia of death 2288 -thanatos , written 1121 -gramma [and] engraven 1795 - entupoo in stones 3037 -lithos , was glorious 1391 -doxa , so 5620 -hoste that the children 5207 -huios of Israel 2474 -Israel could 1410 -dunamai not stedfastly 0816 -atenizo behold 0816 - atenizo the face 4383 -prosopon of Moses 3475 -Moseus for the glory 1391 -doxa of his countenance 4383 -prosopon ; which 3588 - ho [glory 1391 -doxa ] was to be done 2763 -kerameus away 2673 - katargeo : :8 How 4459 -pos shall not the ministration 1248 -diakonia of the spirit 4151 -pneuma be rather 3123 -mallon glorious 1391 - doxa ? :9 For if 1487 -ei the ministration 1248 -diakonia of condemnation 2633 -katakrisis [be] glory 1391 -doxa , much 4183 - polus more 3123 -mallon doth the ministration 1248 -diakonia of righteousness 1343 -dikaiosune exceed 4052 -perisseuo in glory 1391 -doxa . :10 For even 2532 -kai that which was made 1392 -doxazo glorious 1392 -doxazo had no 3761 -oude glory 1392 -doxazo in this 5129 -toutoi respect 3313 -meros , by reason 1752 -heneka of the glory 1391 -doxa that excelleth 5235 -huperballo . :11 For if 1487 -ei that which is done 2673 -katargeo away 2673 -katargeo [was] glorious 1391 -doxa , much 4183 -polus more 3123 -mallon that which remaineth 3306 -meno [is] glorious 1391 - doxa . :12 Seeing then 3767 -oun that we have 2192 -echo such 5108 -toioutos hope 1680 -elpis , we use 5530 -chraomai great 4183 -polus plainness 3954 -parrhesia of speech: :13 And not as Moses 3475 -Moseus , [which] put 5087 - tithemi a vail 2571 -kaluma over 1909 -epi his face 4383 - prosopon , that the children 5207 -huios of Israel 2474 -Israel could not stedfastly 0816 -atenizo look 0816 -atenizo to the end 5056 -telos of that which is abolished 2673 -katargeo : :14 But their minds 3540 -noema were blinded 4456 -poroo : for until 0891 -achri this 4594 -semeron day 4594 -semeron remaineth 3306 -meno the same 0846 -autos vail 2571 -kaluma untaken 0343 -anakalupto away 0343 -anakalupto in the reading 0320 -angnosis of the old 3820 -palaios testament 1242 -diatheke ; which 3748 -hostis [vail] is done 2763 -kerameus away 2673 - katargeo in Christ 5547 -Christos . :15 But even 2193 -heos unto this 4594 -semeron day 4594 - semeron , when 2259 -henika Moses 3475 -Moseus is read 0314 - anaginosko , the vail 2571 -kaluma is upon their heart 2588 - kardia . :16 Nevertheless 1161 -de when 2259 -henika it shall turn 1994 -epistrepho to the Lord 2962 -kurios , the vail 2571 - kaluma shall be taken 4014 -periaireo away 4014 -periaireo . :17 Now 1161 -de the Lord 2962 -kurios is that Spirit 4151 -pneuma : and where 3757 -hou the Spirit 4151 -pneuma of the Lord 2962 -kurios [is], there 1563 -ekei [is] liberty 1657 - eleutheria . :18 But we all 3956 -pas , with open 0343 -anakalupto face 4383 -prosopon beholding 2734 -katoptrizomai as in a glass 2734 - katoptrizomai the glory 1391 -doxa of the Lord 2962 -kurios , are changed 3339 -metamorphoo into the same 0846 -autos image 1504 -eikon from glory 1391 -doxa to glory 1391 -doxa , [even] as by the Spirit 4151 -pneuma of the Lord 2962 -kurios . ~~~~~~