Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
An epistle of Christ (epistolh Xristou). He turns the metaphor round and round. They are Christ's letter to men as well as Paul's.
Not with ink (ou melani). Instrumental case of melav, black. Plato uses to melan for ink as here. See also II John 1:12; III John 1:13.
Of stone (liqinaiv). Composed of stone (liqov and ending -inov).
Of flesh (sarkinaiv). "Fleshen" as in I Corinthians 3:1; Romans 7:14.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Corinthians 3:3:
John 2:6
Romans 2:29
1 Corinthians 3:1
2 Corinthians 4:2
Hebrews 9:4
1 John 2:19
2 John 1:12
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