My LORD’s Bible2 Corinthians 3
1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
αρχομεθα παλιν εαυτους συνιστανειν {VAR1: ει } {VAR2: η } μη χρηζομεν ως τινες συστατικων επιστολων προς υμας η εξ υμων συστατικων (14726)
See also: 2 Corinthians 10:12, 2 Corinthians 12:11, 2 Corinthians 5:12, Acts 18:27, 1 Corinthians 16:3, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 9:2, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 12:19, Galatians 1:1, Romans 15:18, Romans 16:1, 2 Corinthians 10:14, 2 Corinthians 10:18, 2 Corinthians 13:3
2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
η επιστολη ημων υμεις εστε εγγεγραμμενη εν ταις καρδιαις ημων γινωσκομενη και αναγινωσκομενη υπο παντων ανθρωπων (11163)
See also: Romans 1:8, 1 Corinthians 9:1-2, 1 Thessalonians 1:8, 1 Corinthians 3:6, Philippians 1:7, Deuteronomy 27:3, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 2 Corinthians 7:3, 2 Corinthians 11:11, 2 Corinthians 12:15, Philemon 1:19
3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the 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 fleshy tables of the heart.
φανερουμενοι οτι εστε επιστολη χριστου διακονηθεισα υφ ημων εγγεγραμμενη ου μελανι αλλα πνευματι θεου ζωντος ουκ εν πλαξιν λιθιναις αλλ εν πλαξιν καρδιας σαρκιναις (12859)
See also: Hebrews 8:10, Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 11:19, Proverbs 3:3, Hebrews 10:16, Proverbs 7:3, Psalms 40:8, Deuteronomy 6:6, Matthew 16:16, Exodus 31:18, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Jeremiah 17:1, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Hebrews 9:14, Exodus 24:12, Psalms 84:2, Isaiah 51:7, 2 Corinthians 3:7, 2 Corinthians 6:6
4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
πεποιθησιν δε τοιαυτην εχομεν δια του χριστου προς τον θεον (5909)
See also: Philippians 4:13, Ephesians 3:12, Philippians 1:6, Matthew 13:52, Exodus 18:19, Romans 15:17, 2 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Thessalonians 1:8
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
ουχ οτι ικανοι εσμεν αφ εαυτων λογισασθαι τι ως εξ εαυτων αλλ η ικανοτης ημων εκ του θεου (10338)
See also: Philippians 2:13, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 4:7, Philippians 4:13, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 1 Samuel 17:45, John 15:5, 2 Corinthians 1:9, 2 Corinthians 10:4, Genesis 41:16, James 1:17, Psalms 18:32, Galatians 6:3, Exodus 3:11, Acts 3:12, 2 Corinthians 2:16, 1 Chronicles 29:14, Matthew 10:19-20, 1 Corinthians 12:3, Luke 21:15
6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
ος και ικανωσεν ημας διακονους καινης διαθηκης ου γραμματος αλλα πνευματος το γαρ γραμμα αποκτεινει το δε πνευμα ζωοποιει (8710)
See also: Romans 8:2, 2 Corinthians 3:17, John 6:63, Jeremiah 31:31, Romans 7:6, 2 Timothy 2:15, Galatians 5:25, Hebrews 8:6-10, 1 Corinthians 15:45, 2 Corinthians 3:14, Hebrews 12:24, Romans 6:14, Hebrews 7:22, Romans 3:20, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Hebrews 13:20, Luke 22:20, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Ephesians 3:7, Matthew 13:52
7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
ει δε η διακονια του θανατου εν γραμμασιν εντετυπωμενη εν λιθοις εγενηθη εν δοξη ωστε μη δυνασθαι ατενισαι τους υιους ισραηλ εις το προσωπον μωσεως δια την δοξαν του προσωπου αυτου την καταργουμενην (19800)
See also: Hebrews 8:10, Jeremiah 31:33, John 1:17, 2 Corinthians 3:9-11, Exodus 31:18, Romans 10:4, 1 Corinthians 13:10, Exodus 24:12, Exodus 34:29, Romans 4:15, Romans 7:10, 2 Corinthians 3:3, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Deuteronomy 10:1-4, John 3:30, Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 33:2, Psalms 119:97, John 5:45, Romans 5:20
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
πως ουχι μαλλον η διακονια του πνευματος εσται εν δοξη (5184)
See also: Isaiah 59:21, Isaiah 32:15, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 3:16, Ephesians 2:18, Joel 2:28-29, John 1:17, John 7:39, Galatians 3:14, Galatians 5:22-23, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:2, Isaiah 11:2, Isaiah 44:3, Acts 2:32-33, Romans 8:9-16, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 3:17, 2 Corinthians 11:4
9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
ει γαρ η διακονια της κατακρισεως δοξα πολλω μαλλον περισσευει η διακονια της δικαιοσυνης εν δοξη (6691)
See also: Haggai 2:9, 2 Corinthians 3:7, Hebrews 5:13, Luke 11:13, Romans 3:21-22, Hebrews 12:18-21, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Deuteronomy 33:2, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 2 Corinthians 11:15, Exodus 19:12-19, Exodus 20:18-19, Isaiah 46:13, Jeremiah 23:6, Romans 1:17-18, Romans 4:11, Romans 5:15-21, Romans 8:3-4, Romans 10:3-10
10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
και γαρ ουδε δεδοξασται το δεδοξασμενον εν τουτω τω μερει ενεκεν της υπερβαλλουσης δοξης (7894)
See also: Isaiah 43:18, 2 Peter 1:17, Haggai 2:7-9, Job 25:5, Isaiah 24:23, Haggai 2:3, Acts 26:13, 1 Corinthians 4:21, 2 Corinthians 3:9, Philippians 3:7-8, Revelation 21:23-24, Revelation 22:5
11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
ει γαρ το καταργουμενον δια δοξης πολλω μαλλον το μενον εν δοξη (3969)
See also: Romans 5:20-21, Hebrews 8:13, Hebrews 7:21-25, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 3:6-7, 2 Corinthians 4:1, Hebrews 12:25-29
12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
εχοντες ουν τοιαυτην ελπιδα πολλη παρρησια χρωμεθα (5292)
See also: 2 Corinthians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 7:4, Ephesians 6:19, 2 Corinthians 4:1, Psalms 49:4, Habakkuk 2:2, Matthew 10:27, John 16:25, John 16:29, Acts 4:13, Philippians 1:20, Philemon 1:8, John 10:24, Acts 4:29-31, Acts 9:27, Acts 9:29, Acts 14:3, 1 Corinthians 14:19, 2 Corinthians 4:2-3, 2 Corinthians 10:1
13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
και ου καθαπερ μωσης ετιθει καλυμμα επι το προσωπον εαυτου προς το μη ατενισαι τους υιους ισραηλ εις το τελος του καταργουμενου (13191)
See also: Exodus 34:33-35, Psalms 119:18, Isaiah 25:7, Exodus 34:29, Ephesians 2:14-15, 2 Corinthians 3:7, Colossians 2:17, Hebrews 10:1-9, Galatians 3:23-24, Song of Solomon 2:9, Romans 10:4
14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
αλλ επωρωθη τα νοηματα αυτων αχρι γαρ της σημερον το αυτο καλυμμα επι τη αναγνωσει της παλαιας διαθηκης μενει μη ανακαλυπτομενον ο τι εν χριστω καταργειται (14790)
See also: 2 Corinthians 4:4, Luke 24:45, Matthew 13:14, 2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Acts 26:18, Romans 11:8, Romans 11:25, Acts 16:14, Luke 19:42, Romans 11:7-10, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 1:17-20, Matthew 11:25, John 12:40, John 16:14, Acts 9:18, Isaiah 44:18, Jeremiah 5:21, Ezekiel 12:2
15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
αλλ εως σημερον ηνικα αναγινωσκεται μωσης καλυμμα επι την καρδιαν αυτων κειται (7395)
16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
ηνικα δ αν επιστρεψη προς κυριον περιαιρειται το καλυμμα (4186)
See also: Exodus 34:34, Isaiah 25:7, Isaiah 29:18, John 6:45-46, Romans 11:23, Jeremiah 31:34, Romans 11:25-27, Deuteronomy 30:2, Lamentations 3:40, Acts 26:20, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 30:10, Isaiah 54:13, Acts 9:35, Isaiah 11:11, Hosea 3:4-5
17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
ο δε κυριος το πνευμα εστιν ου δε το πνευμα κυριου εκει ελευθερια (5420)
See also: John 4:24, Galatians 5:1, Isaiah 59:21, John 8:36, Romans 8:2, John 8:32, Galatians 5:13, Galatians 4:6, Isaiah 61:1-2, John 6:63, 2 Timothy 1:7, Romans 8:15-16, Psalms 51:12, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 1 Corinthians 15:45, James 1:25, Psalms 119:32, Leviticus 25:10, Galatians 2:4, Romans 6:22
18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
ημεις δε παντες ανακεκαλυμμενω προσωπω την δοξαν κυριου κατοπτριζομενοι την αυτην εικονα μεταμορφουμεθα απο δοξης εις δοξαν καθαπερ απο κυριου πνευματος (13437)
See also: Romans 8:29, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 4:22-24, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 13:12, Colossians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 15:49, 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 1:14, Ezekiel 36:26, 2 Peter 1:5-9, John 17:24, Genesis 1:26, Proverbs 4:18, James 1:23, 1 John 3:2, 2 Peter 1:4, Titus 3:5, Romans 8:4