3:1 Do we begin 756 5731 again 3825 to commend 4921 5721 ourselves 1438? or 1508 need we 5535 5719, as 5613 some 5100 [others], epistles 1992 of commendation 4956 to 4314 you 5209, or 2228 [letters] of commendation 4956 from 1537 you 5216?

3:2 Ye 5210 are 2075 5748 our 2257 epistle 1992 written 1449 5772 in 1722 our 2257 hearts 2588, known 1097 5746 and 2532 read 314 5746 of 5259 all 3956 men 444:

3:3 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared 5319 5746 to 3754 be 2075 5748 the epistle 1992 of Christ 5547 ministered 1247 5685 by 5259 us 2257, written 1449 5772 not 3756 with ink 3188, but 235 with the Spirit 4151 of the living 2198 5723 God 2316; not 3756 in 1722 tables 4109 of stone 3035, but 235 in 1722 fleshy 4560 tables 4109 of the heart 2588.

3:4 And 1161 such 5108 trust 4006 have we 2192 5719 through 1223 Christ 5547 to 4314 God-ward 2316:

3:5 Not 3756 that 3754 we are 2070 5748 sufficient 2425 of 575 ourselves 1438 to think 3049 5664 any thing 5100 as 5613 of 1537 ourselves 1438; but 235 our 2257 sufficiency 2426 [is] of 1537 God 2316;

3:6 Who 3739 also 2532 hath made 2427 0 us 2248 able 2427 5656 ministers 1249 of the new 2537 testament 1242; not 3756 of the letter 1121, but 235 of the spirit 4151: for 1063 the letter 1121 killeth 615 5719, but 1161 the spirit 4151 giveth life 2227 5719.(giveth life: or, quickeneth)

3:7 But 1161 if 1487 the ministration 1248 of death 2288, written 1722 1121 [and] engraven 1795 5772 in 1722 stones 3037, was 1096 5675 glorious 1722 1391, so 5620 that the children 5207 of Israel 2474 could 1410 5738 not 3361 stedfastly behold 816 5658 the face 1519 4383 of Moses 3475 for 1223 the glory 1391 of his 846 countenance 4383; which 3588 [glory] was to be done away 2673 5746:

3:8 How 4459 shall 1248 0 not 3780 the ministration 1248 of the spirit 4151 be 2071 5704 rather 3123 1722 glorious 1391?

3:9 For 1063 if 1487 the ministration 1248 of condemnation 2633 [be] glory 1391, much 4183 more 3123 doth the ministration 1248 of righteousness 1343 exceed 4052 5719 in 1722 glory 1391.

3:10 For 1063 even 2532 that which was made glorious 1392 5769 had no 3761 glory 1392 5772 in 1722 this 5129 respect 3313, by reason 1752 of the glory 1391 that excelleth 5235 5723.

3:11 For 1063 if 1487 that which is done away 2673 5746 [was] glorious 1223 1391, much 4183 more 3123 that which remaineth 3306 5723 [is] glorious 1722 1391.

3:12 Seeing then 3767 that we have 2192 5723 such 5108 hope 1680, we use 5530 5736 great 4183 plainness of speech 3954:(plainness: or, boldness)

3:13 And 2532 not 3756 as 2509 Moses 3475, [which] put 5087 5707 a vail 2571 over 1909 his 1438 face 4383, that 4314 the children 5207 of Israel 2474 could 816 0 not 3361 stedfastly look 816 5658 to 1519 the end 5056 of that which is abolished 2673 5746:

3:14 But 235 their 846 minds 3540 were blinded 4456 5681: for 1063 until 891 this day 4594 remaineth 3306 5719 the same 846 vail 2571 untaken 3361 away 343 5746 in 1909 the reading 320 of the old 3820 testament 1242; which 3748 [vail] is done away 2673 5743 in 1722 Christ 5547.

3:15 But 235 even 2193 unto this day 4594, when 2259 Moses 3475 is read 314 5743, the vail 2571 is upon 2749 5736 1909 their 846 heart 2588.

3:16 Nevertheless 1161 when 2259 it 302 shall turn 1994 5661 to 4314 the Lord 2962, the vail 2571 shall be taken away 4014 5743.

3:17 Now 1161 the Lord 2962 is 2076 5748 that Spirit 4151: and 1161 where 3757 the Spirit 4151 of the Lord 2962 [is], there 1563 [is] liberty 1657.

3:18 But 1161 we 2249 all 3956, with open 343 5772 face 4383 beholding as in a glass 2734 5734 the glory 1391 of the Lord 2962, are changed 3339 5743 into the same 846 image 1504 from 575 glory 1391 to 1519 glory 1391, [even] as 2509 by 575 the Spirit 4151 of the Lord 2962.(by the…: or, of the Lord the Spirit)

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