3:1 Are
we
beginning
to
commend
ourselves
again
Or
do
we
need,
as
some
do,
letters
of
recommendation
to
you,
or
from
you
3:2 You
yourselves
are
our
letter
of
recommendation,
written
on
our
hearts,
to
be
known
and
read
by
all.
3:3 And
you
show
that
you
are
a
letter
from
Christ
delivered
by
us,
written
not
with
ink
but
with
the
Spirit
of
the
living
God,
not
on
tablets
of
stone
but
on
tablets
of
human
hearts.
3:4 Such
is
the
confidence
that
we
have
through
Christ
toward
God.
3:5 Not
that
we
are
sufficient
in
ourselves
to
claim
anything
as
coming
from
us,
but
our
sufficiency
is
from
God,
3:6 who
has
made
us
competent
to
be
ministers
of
a
new
covenant,
not
of
the
letter
but
of
the
Spirit.
For
the
letter
kills,
but
the
Spirit
gives
life.
3:7 Now
if
the
ministry
of
death,
carved
in
letters
on
stone,
came
with
such
glory
that
the
Israelites
could
not
gaze
at
Moses'
face
because
of
its
glory,
which
was
being
brought
to
an
end,
3:8 will
not
the
ministry
of
the
Spirit
have
even
more
glory
3:9 For
if
there
was
glory
in
the
ministry
of
condemnation,
the
ministry
of
righteousness
must
far
exceed
it
in
glory.
3:10 Indeed,
in
this
case,
what
once
had
glory
has
come
to
have
no
glory
at
all,
because
of
the
glory
that
surpasses
it.
3:11 For
if
what
was
being
brought
to
an
end
came
with
glory,
much
more
will
what
is
permanent
have
glory.
3:12 Since
we
have
such
a
hope,
we
are
very
bold,
3:13 not
like
Moses,
who
would
put
a
veil
over
his
face
so
that
the
Israelites
might
not
gaze
at
the
outcome
of
what
was
being
brought
to
an
end.
3:14 But
their
minds
were
hardened.
For
to
this
day,
when
they
read
the
old
covenant,
that
same
veil
remains
unlifted,
because
only
through
Christ
is
it
taken
away.
3:15 Yes,
to
this
day
whenever
Moses
is
read
a
veil
lies
over
their
hearts.
3:16 But
when
one
turns
to
the
Lord,
the
veil
is
removed.
3:17 Now
the
Lord
is
the
Spirit,
and
where
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is,
there
is
freedom.
3:18 And
we
all,
with
unveiled
face,
beholding
the
glory
of
the
Lord,
are
being
transformed
into
the
same
image
from
one
degree
of
glory
to
another.
For
this
comes
from
the
Lord
who
is
the
Spirit.
