2 Corinthians 3:2

Christ’s Epistle

1 Do ^awe begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, ^bepistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?

2 ^aYou are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ^aministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not ^bon tablets of stone but ^con tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

The Spirit, Not the Letter

4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God.

5 ^aNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but ^bour sufficiency is from God,

6 who also made us sufficient as ^aministers of ^bthe new covenant, not ^cof the letter but of the Spirit; for ^dthe letter kills, ^ebut the Spirit gives life.

Glory of the New Covenant

7 But if ^athe ministry of death, ^bwritten and engraved on stones, was glorious, ^cso that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,

8 how will ^athe ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?

Verse Comparison: 2 Corinthians 3:2

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American Standard Version
Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;

Amplified® Bible
[No] you yourselves are our letter of recommendation (our credentials), written in your hearts, to be known (perceived, recognized) and read by everybody.

Contemporary English Version
But you are our letter, and you are in our hearts for everyone to read and understand.

Darby English Version
*Ye* are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,

Good News Bible
You yourselves are the letter we have, written on our hearts for everyone to know and read.

International Standard Version
You are our letter, written in our hearts and known and read by everyone.

King James Version
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

New American Standard Bible
You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

New International Version
You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody.

New King James Version
You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
You represent our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

Young's Literal Translation
our letter ye are, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,

New English Translation
You yourselves are our letter,¹ written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

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