Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. New Living Translation The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you. English Standard Version You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. Berean Standard Bible You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone. Berean Literal Bible You are our letter, having been inscribed in our hearts, being known and being read by all men, King James Bible Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: New King James Version You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; New American Standard Bible You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all people, NASB 1995 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; NASB 1977 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; Legacy Standard Bible You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men, Amplified Bible You are our letter [of recommendation], written in our hearts, recognized and read by everyone. Christian Standard Bible You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. Holman Christian Standard Bible You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, recognized and read by everyone. American Standard Version Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men; Contemporary English Version But you are our letter, and you are in our hearts for everyone to read and understand. English Revised Version Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men; GOD'S WORD® Translation You're our letter of recommendation written in our hearts that everyone knows and reads. Good News Translation You yourselves are the letter we have, written on our hearts for everyone to know and read. International Standard Version You are our letter, written in our hearts and known and read by everyone. Majority Standard Bible You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone. NET Bible You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone, New Heart English Bible You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by everyone; Webster's Bible Translation Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men: Weymouth New Testament Our letter of recommendation is yourselves--a letter written on our hearts and everywhere known and read. World English Bible You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men, Berean Literal Bible You are our letter, having been inscribed in our hearts, being known and being read by all men, Young's Literal Translation our letter ye are, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men, Smith's Literal Translation Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and acknowledged by all men: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYou are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men: Catholic Public Domain Version You are our Epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men. New American Bible You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by all, New Revised Standard Version You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou are our epistle written in our hearts, well-known and read by all men: Aramaic Bible in Plain English But you are our letter written in our heart and known and read by everyone. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentYou are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; Godbey New Testament You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, known and read of all men, Haweis New Testament Ye are our letter written in our hearts, acknowledged and read of all men: Mace New Testament you are my epistle, your conversion being writ in, my heart, known and read by all men: Weymouth New Testament Our letter of recommendation is yourselves--a letter written on our hearts and everywhere known and read. Worrell New Testament Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; Worsley New Testament Ye are our epistle, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all men: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Ministers of a New Covenant1Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone. 3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.… Cross References Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Ezekiel 11:19-20 And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, / so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. Proverbs 3:3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 7:3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Deuteronomy 6:6-9 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. / Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ... Exodus 24:12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” Isaiah 51:7 Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults. Psalm 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.” Romans 2:15 So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. Romans 7:6 But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Treasury of Scripture You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read of all men: are. 1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 1 Corinthians 9:1,2 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? … in. 2 Corinthians 7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. 2 Corinthians 11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. 2 Corinthians 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. known. Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 1 Corinthians 9:2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. Jump to Previous Epistle Everywhere Heart Hearts Letter Open Read Reading Recommendation Writing Written YourselvesJump to Next Epistle Everywhere Heart Hearts Letter Open Read Reading Recommendation Writing Written Yourselves2 Corinthians 3 1. Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain glory, 2. he shows the faith of the Corinthians to be a sufficient commendation of his ministry. 6. Whereupon entering a comparison between the ministers of the law and of the gospel, 12. he proves that his ministry is so far the more excellent, 17. as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious than the law of condemnation. You yourselves This phrase emphasizes the personal and direct relationship between Paul and the Corinthian believers. In the Greek, "ὑμεῖς" (hymeis) is a pronoun that stresses the identity of the recipients. Paul is addressing the Corinthians directly, highlighting their role as living testimonies of his ministry. Historically, this reflects the close-knit nature of early Christian communities, where personal relationships were foundational to the spread of the Gospel. are our letter inscribed on our hearts known and read by everyone Parallel Commentaries ... Greek You yourselvesὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. are ἐστε (este) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. letter, ἐπιστολὴ (epistolē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1992: A letter, dispatch, epistle, message. From epistello; a written message. inscribed ἐνγεγραμμένη (engegrammenē) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1449: To write, inscribe. From en and grapho; to 'engrave', i.e. Inscribe. on ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. hearts, καρδίαις (kardiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 2588: Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. known γινωσκομένη (ginōskomenē) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. read ἀναγινωσκομένη (anaginōskomenē) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 314: To read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern. From ana and ginosko; to know again, i.e. to read. by ὑπὸ (hypo) Preposition Strong's 5259: A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when). everyone. πάντων (pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. Links 2 Corinthians 3:2 NIV2 Corinthians 3:2 NLT 2 Corinthians 3:2 ESV 2 Corinthians 3:2 NASB 2 Corinthians 3:2 KJV 2 Corinthians 3:2 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 3:2 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 3:2 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 3:2 French Bible 2 Corinthians 3:2 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 3:2 You are our letter written in our (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |
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