Dual Panel1Do 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>_?
2Ye <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[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>_.
4And <1161> such <5108> trust <4006> have we <2192> (5719) through <1223> Christ <5547> to <4314> God-ward <2316>_:
5Not <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>_;
6Who <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}
7But <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)_:
8How <4459> shall <1248> (0) not <3780> the ministration <1248> of the spirit <4151> be <2071> (5704) rather <3123> <1722> glorious <1391>_?
9For <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>_.
10For <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)_.
11For <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>_.
12Seeing then <3767> that we have <2192> (5723) such <5108> hope <1680>_, we use <5530> (5736) great <4183> plainness of speech <3954>_: {plainness: or, boldness}
13And <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)_:
14But <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>_.
15But <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>_.
16Nevertheless <1161> when <2259> it <302> shall turn <1994> (5661) to <4314> the Lord <2962>_, the vail <2571> shall be taken away <4014> (5743)_.
17Now <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>_.
18But <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}