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2 Corinthians 3

Ministers of a New Covenant

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Are we beginningg757 to  acommendg4921 ourselvesg1438 againg3825? Org2228 do we needg5535, as someg5100,  blettersg1992 of commendationg4956 to you org2228 from you?

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 aYou are our letterg1992, writteng1449 in our heartsg2588, knowng1097 and readg314 by allg3956 meng444;

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being manifestedg5319 that you are a letterg1992 of Christg5547,  1 acaredg1247 for by us, writteng1449 not with inkg3189 but with the Spiritg4151 of  bthe livingg2198 Godg2316, not on  ctabletsg4109 of stoneg3035 but on  dtabletsg4109 of  2 ehumang4560 heartsg2588.

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Suchg5108  aconfidenceg4006 we haveg2192 throughg1223 Christg5547 towardg4314 Godg2316.

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Not that we are adequateg2425 in ourselvesg1438 to considerg3049 anythingg5100 as coming from ourselvesg1438, but  aour adequacyg2426 is from Godg2316,

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whog3739 alsog2532 madeg2427 us adequateg2427 as  aservantsg1249 of a  bnewg2537 covenantg1242, not of  cthe letterg1121 but of the Spiritg4151; for the letterg1121 killsg615, but  dthe Spiritg4151 givesg2227 lifeg2227.

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But ifg1487 the  aministryg1248 of deathg2288,  bin lettersg1121 engravedg1795 on stonesg3037, cameg1096  1with gloryg1391,  csog5620 that the sonsg5207 of Israelg2474 couldg1410 not lookg816 intentlyg816 at the faceg4383 of Mosesg3475 becauseg1223 of the gloryg1391 of his faceg4383, fadingg2673 as it was,

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howg4459 will the ministryg1248 of the Spiritg4151 failg3780 to be even moreg3123 with gloryg1391?

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For ifg1487  athe ministryg1248 of condemnationg2633 has gloryg1391, muchg4183 moreg3123 does the  bministryg1248 of righteousnessg1343 aboundg4052 in gloryg1391.

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For indeedg2532 what hadg1392 gloryg1392, in thisg3778 caseg3313 hasg1392 nog3756 gloryg1392 becauseg1752a of the gloryg1391 that surpassesg5235 it.

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For ifg1487 that which fadesg2673 awayg2673 was  1with gloryg1391, muchg4183 moreg3123 that which remainsg3306 is in gloryg1391.

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 aThereforeg3767 havingg2192 suchg5108 a hopeg1680,  bwe useg5530 greatg4183 boldnessg3954 in our speechg3954,

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and are not likeg2509 Mosesg3475,  awho used to putg5087 a veilg2571 overg1909 his faceg4383 sog4314 that the sonsg5207 of Israelg2474 would not lookg816 intentlyg816 at the endg5056 of what was fadingg2673 awayg2673.

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But their mindsg3540 were  ahardenedg4456; for untilg891 thisg4594 veryg4594 dayg2250 at the  breadingg320 of  cthe oldg3820 covenantg1242 the sameg846 veilg2571  1remainsg3306 unliftedg343, becauseg3754 it is removedg2673 in Christg5547.

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But to thisg4594 dayg4594 wheneverg2259g302 Mosesg3475 is readg314, a veilg2571 liesg2749 overg1909 their heartg2588;

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 abut wheneverg2259g1437 a person turnsg1994 to the Lordg2962, the veilg2571 is takeng4014 awayg4014.

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Nowg1161 the Lordg2962 is the Spiritg4151, and whereg3757  athe Spiritg4151 of the Lordg2962 is,  bthere is libertyg1657.

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But we allg3956, with unveiledg343 faceg4383,  abeholdingg2734 as in a mirrorg2734 the  bgloryg1391 of the Lordg2962, are being  ctransformedg3339 into the sameg846 imageg1504 from gloryg1391 to gloryg1391, justg2509 as from  dthe Lordg2962, the Spiritg4151.



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