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darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or [commendatory] from you?
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Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
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being manifested to be Christ's epistle ministered by us, written, not with ink, but [the] Spirit of [the] livingGod; not on stone tables, but on fleshy tables of [the] heart.
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And such confidence have we through the Christ towardsGod:
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not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] ofGod;
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who has also made us competent, [as] ministers of [the] new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.
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(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, [a glory] which is annulled;
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how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
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For if the ministry of condemnation [be] glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.
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For also that [which was] glorified is not glorified in this respect, on account of the surpassing glory.
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For if that annulled [was introduced] with glory, much rather that which abides [subsists] in glory.
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Having therefore such hope, we use much boldness:
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and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.
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But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.
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But unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil lies upon their heart.
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But when it shall turn to [the] Lord, the veil is taken away.)
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Now the Lord is the Spirit, but where the Spirit of [the] Lord [is, there is] liberty.
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But we all, looking on the glory of the Lord, with unveiled face, are transformed according to the same image from glory to glory, even as by [the] Lord [the] Spirit.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Incipimus iterum nosmetipsos commendare? aut numquid egemus (sicut quidam) commendatiis epistolis ad vos, aut ex vobis?
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Epistola nostra vos estis, scripta in cordibus nostris, quæ scitur, et legitur ab omnibus hominibus:
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manifestati quod epistola estis Christi, ministrata a nobis, et scripta non atramento, sed spiritu Dei vivi: non in tabulis lapideis, sed in tabulis cordis carnalibus.
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Fiduciam autem talem habemus per Christum ad Deum:
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non quod sufficientes simus cogitare aliquid a nobis, quasi ex nobis: sed sufficientia nostra ex Deo est:
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qui et idoneos nos fecit ministros novi testamenti: non littera, sed Spiritu: littera enim occidit, Spiritus autem vivificat.
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Quod si ministratio mortis litteris deformata in lapidibus, fuit in gloria, ita ut non possent intendere filii Israel in faciem Moysi propter gloriam vultus eius, quæ evacuatur:
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quomodo non magis ministratio Spiritus erit in gloria?
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Nam si ministratio damnationis gloria est: multo magis abundat ministerium iustitiæ in gloria.
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Nam nec glorificatum est, quod claruit in hac parte, propter excellentem gloriam.
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Si enim quod evacuatur, per gloriam est: multo magis quod manet, in gloria est.
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Habentes igitur talem spem, multa fiducia utimur:
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et non sicut Moyses ponebat velamen super faciem suam, ut non intenderent filii Israel in faciem eius, quod evacuatur,
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sed obtusi sunt sensus eorum. Usque in hodiernum enim diem, idipsum velamen in lectione veteris testamenti manet non revelatum, (quoniam in Christo evacuatur)
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sed usque in hodiernum diem, cum legitur Moyses, velamen positum est super cor eorum.
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Cum autem conversus fuerit ad Dominum, auferetur velamen.
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Dominus autem Spiritus est: Ubi autem Spiritus Domini: ibi libertas.
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Nos vero omnes, revelata facie gloriam Domini speculantes, in eandem imaginem transformamur a claritate in claritatem, tamquam a Domini Spiritu.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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Do we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation unto you, or from you?
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our letter ye are, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
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manifested that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,
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and such trust we have through the Christ toward God,
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not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency <FI>is<Fi> of God,
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who also made us sufficient <FI>to be<Fi> ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.
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and if the ministration of the death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face--which was being made useless,
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how shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?
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for if the ministration of the condemnation <FI>is<Fi> glory, much more doth the ministration of the righteousness abound in glory;
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for also even that which hath been glorious, hath not been glorious--in this respect, because of the superior glory;
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for if that which is being made useless <FI>is<Fi> through glory, much more that which is remaining <FI>is<Fi> in glory.
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Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
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and <FI>are<Fi> not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless,
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but their minds were hardened, for unto this day the same vail at the reading of the Old Covenant doth remain unwithdrawn--which in Christ is being made useless--
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but till to-day, when Moses is read, a vail upon their heart doth lie,
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and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.
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And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> , there <FI>is<Fi> liberty;
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and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.