1 GLT Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or we do not need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we? BSB BSB: Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
2 GLT You yourselves are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men, BSB BSB: You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
3 GLT making known that you are a letter of Christ having been administered by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of hearts of flesh. BSB BSB: It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
4 GLT Now we have such confidence through Christ toward God. BSB BSB: Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
5 GLT Not that we are sufficient from ourselves to consider anything as from ourselves. Instead, our sufficiency{ is} from God, BSB BSB: Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
6 GLT who indeed made us competent{ as} servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit makes alive. BSB BSB: And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 GLT Now if the ministry of this death— engraved in letters on stones— came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently at the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his face, BSB BSB: Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
8 GLT how will the ministry of the Spirit not be with much more glory? BSB BSB: will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
9 GLT For if the ministry of this condemnation{ had} glory, the ministry of this righteousness abounds much more in glory! BSB BSB: For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
10 GLT For indeed,{ what} had been glorified is not glorified in this part, because of the surpassing glory. BSB BSB: Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
11 GLT For if{ what} is fading away{ came} with glory, much more{ what} remains{ will come} with glory! BSB BSB: For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
12 GLT Therefore, having such a hope, we act with much boldness, BSB BSB: Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
13 GLT and not like Moses putting a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of{ what} was fading away. BSB BSB: We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
14 GLT But their minds were hardened, for until the present day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant, not being lifted, because in Christ it is fading away. BSB BSB: But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
15 GLT But until today, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart, BSB BSB: And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
16 GLT but whenever one might turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away. BSB BSB: But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 GLT Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord{ is},{ there is} freedom. BSB BSB: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 GLT Now we all, with unveiled face reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. BSB BSB: And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
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