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1
Are we beginning
to commend
ourselves
again?
Or
do we need,
like
some [people],
letters
of recommendation
to
you
or
from
you?
1
Ἀρχόμεθα
πάλιν
ἑαυτοὺς
συνιστάνειν
ἢ
μὴ
χρῄζομεν
ὥς
τινες
συστατικῶν
ἐπιστολῶν
πρὸς
ὑμᾶς
ἢ
ἐξ
ὑμῶν
2
You yourselves
are
our
letter,
inscribed
on
our
hearts,
known
and
read
by
everyone.
2
ἡ
ἐπιστολὴ
ἡμῶν
ὑμεῖς
ἐστε
ἐνγεγραμμένη
ἐν
ταῖς
καρδίαις
ἡμῶν
γινωσκομένη
καὶ
ἀναγινωσκομένη
ὑπὸ
πάντων
ἀνθρώπων
3
It 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.
3
φανερούμενοι
ὅτι
ἐστὲ
ἐπιστολὴ
Χριστοῦ
διακονηθεῖσα
ὑφ’
ἡμῶν
ἐνγεγραμμένη
οὐ
μέλανι
ἀλλὰ
Πνεύματι
Θεοῦ
ζῶντος
οὐκ
ἐν
πλαξὶν
λιθίναις
ἀλλ’
ἐν
πλαξὶν
καρδίαις
σαρκίναις
4
Such
confidence
before
God
is ours
through
Christ.
4
Πεποίθησιν
δὲ
τοιαύτην
ἔχομεν
διὰ
τοῦ
Χριστοῦ
πρὸς
τὸν
Θεόν
5
Not
that
we are
competent
in
ourselves
to claim that
anything
[comes]
from
us,
but
our
competence
[comes] from
God.
5
οὐχ
ὅτι
ἀφ’
ἑαυτῶν
ἱκανοί
ἐσμεν
λογίσασθαί
τι
ὡς
ἐξ
ἑαυτῶν
ἀλλ’
ἡ
ἱκανότης
ἡμῶν
ἐκ
τοῦ
Θεοῦ
6
And
He
has qualified
us
[as] ministers
of a new
covenant,
not
of [the] letter
but
of [the] Spirit;
for
the
letter
kills,
but
the
Spirit
gives life.
6
ὃς
καὶ
ἱκάνωσεν
ἡμᾶς
διακόνους
καινῆς
διαθήκης
οὐ
γράμματος
ἀλλὰ
πνεύματος
τὸ
γὰρ
γράμμα
ἀποκτέννει*
τὸ
δὲ
πνεῦμα
ζωοποιεῖ
7
Now
if
the
ministry
of death,
which was engraved
in
letters
on stone,
came
with
{such} glory
that
the
Israelites
could
not
gaze
at
the
face
of Moses
because of
[its]
fleeting
glory,
7
Εἰ
δὲ
ἡ
διακονία
τοῦ
θανάτου
ἐν
γράμμασιν
ἐντετυπωμένη
λίθοις
ἐγενήθη
ἐν
δόξῃ
ὥστε
μὴ
δύνασθαι
ἀτενίσαι
τοὺς
υἱοὺς
Ἰσραὴλ
εἰς
τὸ
πρόσωπον
Μωϋσέως
διὰ
τὴν
δόξαν
τοῦ
προσώπου
αὐτοῦ
τὴν
καταργουμένην
8
will
not
the
ministry
of the
Spirit
{be} even more
glorious?
8
πῶς
οὐχὶ
μᾶλλον
ἡ
διακονία
τοῦ
πνεύματος
ἔσται
ἐν
δόξῃ
9
For
if
the
ministry
of condemnation
was glorious,
how much
more
glorious
{is} the
ministry
of righteousness!
9
εἰ
γὰρ
τῇ*
διακονία
τῆς
κατακρίσεως
δόξα
πολλῷ
μᾶλλον
περισσεύει
ἡ
διακονία
τῆς
δικαιοσύνης
δόξῃ
10
Indeed,
what
was once glorious
has no glory now
in
comparison to
the
glory [that]
surpasses [it].
10
καὶ
γὰρ
οὐ
δεδόξασται
τὸ
δεδοξασμένον
ἐν
τούτῳ
τῷ
μέρει
εἵνεκεν
τῆς
ὑπερβαλλούσης
δόξης
11
For
if
what
was fading away
[came] with
glory,
how much greater
[is the]
glory
of that which
endures!
11
εἰ
γὰρ
τὸ
καταργούμενον
διὰ
δόξης
πολλῷ
μᾶλλον
τὸ
μένον
ἐν
δόξῃ
12
Therefore,
since we have
such
a hope,
we are
very
bold.
12
Ἔχοντες
οὖν
τοιαύτην
ἐλπίδα
πολλῇ
παρρησίᾳ
χρώμεθα
13
[We are]
not
like
Moses,
[who] would put
a veil
over
his
face
to keep
the
Israelites
[from]
gazing
at
the
end
of what
was fading away.
13
καὶ
οὐ
καθάπερ
Μωϋσῆς
ἐτίθει
κάλυμμα
ἐπὶ
τὸ
πρόσωπον
αὐτοῦ
πρὸς
τὸ
μὴ
ἀτενίσαι
τοὺς
υἱοὺς
Ἰσραὴλ
εἰς
τὸ
τέλος
τοῦ
καταργουμένου
14
But
their
minds
were closed.
For
to
[this]
day
the
same
veil
remains
at
the
reading
of the
old
covenant.
It has not been lifted,
[because] only
in
Christ
can it be removed.
14
Ἀλλὰ
ἐπωρώθη
τὰ
νοήματα
αὐτῶν
ἄχρι
γὰρ
τῆς
σήμερον
ἡμέρας
τὸ
αὐτὸ
κάλυμμα
ἐπὶ
τῇ
ἀναγνώσει
τῆς
παλαιᾶς
διαθήκης
μένει
μὴ
ἀνακαλυπτόμενον
ὅτι
ἐν
Χριστῷ
καταργεῖται
15
And even
to
this day
when
Moses
is read,
a veil
covers
their
hearts.
15
ἀλλ’
ἕως
σήμερον
ἡνίκα
ἂν
ἀναγινώσκηται
Μωϋσῆς
κάλυμμα
ἐπὶ
τὴν
καρδίαν
αὐτῶν
κεῖται
16
But
whenever
[anyone] turns
to
[the] Lord,
the
veil
is taken away.
16
ἡνίκα
δὲ
ἐὰν
ἐπιστρέψῃ
πρὸς
Κύριον
περιαιρεῖται
τὸ
κάλυμμα
17
Now
the
Lord
is
the
Spirit,
and
where
the
Spirit
of [the] Lord [is],
[there is] freedom.
17
Ὁ
δὲ
Κύριος
τὸ
Πνεῦμά
ἐστιν
οὗ
δὲ
τὸ
Πνεῦμα
Κυρίου
ἐλευθερία
18
And
we, [who]
with unveiled
faces
all
reflect
the
glory
of [the] Lord,
are being transformed into
[His]
image
with intensifying glory,
which comes
from
[the] Lord,
[who is the] Spirit.
18
ἡμεῖς
δὲ
πάντες
ἀνακεκαλυμμένῳ
προσώπῳ
τὴν
δόξαν
Κυρίου
κατοπτριζόμενοι
τὴν
αὐτὴν
εἰκόνα
μεταμορφούμεθα
ἀπὸ
δόξης
εἰς
δόξαν
καθάπερ
ἀπὸ
Κυρίου
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