2 Corinthians 3:3,6-7,12,16-18 You show that you are a letter from Christ sent through us [delivered by us; or produced by us; the result of our ministry]. This letter is not written with ink but with [by] the Spirit of the living God. It is not written on stone tablets [the law of Moses was written on stone tablets; Ex. 24:12; 32:16] but on human hearts [hearts of flesh; Jer. 31:33; Ezek. 11:19; 36:26]. He made us able [adequate; competent] to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people [covenant; Jer. 31:31–34; Luke 22:20]. This new agreement [covenant] is not a written law [of the letter], but it is of the Spirit. The written law [letter] brings death, but the Spirit gives life. The law [or old system; ministry] that brought death was written in words [engraved with letters] on stone. It came with God’s glory [glory], which made Moses’ face so bright [glorious] that the Israelites [children of Israel] could not continue to look [gaze] at it. But that glory later disappeared [was fading; or was made ineffective (by the veil on his face)]. We have this hope, so we are very bold [or speak with boldness/confidence]. But when a person changes and follows [turns to] the Lord, that covering [veil] is taken away [Ex. 34:34]. The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Our faces, then, are not covered [With an unveiled face…]. We all show [reflect; or behold; or contemplate] the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed [transformed] to be like him [into the same image]. This change in us brings ever greater glory [or is from one degree of glory to another; is from glory to glory], which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 04:17:30 +0000
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