2 Corinthians 3 - Compare Translations
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2 Corinthians 3:1
KJVDo we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
WEBAre we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
YLTDo we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation unto you, or from you?
2 Corinthians 3:2
KJVYe are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
WEBYou are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
YLTour letter ye are, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
2 Corinthians 3:3
KJVForasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
WEBbeing revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
YLTmanifested 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,
2 Corinthians 3:4
KJVAnd such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
WEBSuch confidence we have through Christ toward God;
YLTand such trust we have through the Christ toward God,
2 Corinthians 3:5
KJVNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
WEBnot that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
YLTnot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] of God,
2 Corinthians 3:6
KJVWho also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
WEBwho also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
YLTwho also made us sufficient [to be] ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.
2 Corinthians 3:7
KJVBut if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
WEBBut if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away;
YLTand 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,
2 Corinthians 3:8
KJVHow shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
WEBwon’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
YLThow shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?
2 Corinthians 3:9
KJVFor if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
WEBFor if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
YLTfor if the ministration of the condemnation [is] glory, much more doth the ministration of the righteousness abound in glory;
2 Corinthians 3:10
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2 Corinthians 3:11
KJVFor if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
WEBFor if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
YLTfor if that which is being made useless [is] through glory, much more that which is remaining [is] in glory.
2 Corinthians 3:12
KJVSeeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
WEBHaving therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
YLTHaving, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
2 Corinthians 3:13
KJVAnd not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
WEBand not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
YLTand [are] 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,
2 Corinthians 3:14
KJVBut their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
WEBBut their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
YLTbut 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 --
2 Corinthians 3:15
KJVBut even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
WEBBut to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
YLTbut till to-day, when Moses is read, a vail upon their heart doth lie,
2 Corinthians 3:16
KJVNevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
WEBBut whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
YLTand whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.
2 Corinthians 3:17
KJVNow the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
WEBNow the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
YLTAnd the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty;
2 Corinthians 3:18
KJVBut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
WEBBut we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
YLTand 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.
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