1 WYC Bigynnen we therfor eftsoone to preise vs silf? or whether we neden, as summen, pistlis of preisinge to you, or of you? 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 WYC Ye ben oure pistle, writun in oure hertis, which is knowun and red of alle men, BSB BSB: You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
3 WYC and maad opyn, for ye ben the pistle of Crist mynystrid of vs, and writun, not with enke, but bi the spirit of the lyuynge God; not in stony tablis, but in fleischli tablis of herte. 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 WYC For we han such trist bi Crist to God; BSB BSB: Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
5 WYC not that we ben sufficient to thenke ony thing of vs, as of vs, but oure sufficience is of God. BSB BSB: Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
6 WYC Which also made vs able mynystris of the newe testament, not bi lettre, but bi spirit; for the lettre sleeth, but the spirit quykeneth. 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 WYC And if the mynystracioun of deth write bi lettris in stoonys was in glorie, so that the children of Israel myyten not biholde in to the face of Moises, for the glorie of his cheer, which is auoidid, 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 WYC hou schal not the mynystracioun of the spirit be more in glorie? BSB BSB: will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
9 WYC For if the mynystracioun of dampnacioun was in glorie, myche more the mynysterie of riytwisnesse is plenteuouse in glorie. BSB BSB: For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
10 WYC For nether that that was cleer was glorified in this part for the excellent glorie; and if that that is auoidid, BSB BSB: Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
11 WYC was bi glorie, myche more that that dwellith stille is in glorie. BSB BSB: For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
12 WYC Therfor we that han suche hope, vsen myche trist; BSB BSB: Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
13 WYC and not as Moises leide a veil on his face, that the children of Israel schulden not biholde in to his face, which veil is auoidid. 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 WYC But the wittis of hem ben astonyed; for in to this dai the same veil in reding of the olde testament dwellith not schewid, for it is auoidid in Crist, but in to this dai, 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 WYC whanne Moises is red, the veil is put on her hertis. BSB BSB: And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
16 WYC But whanne Israel schal be conuertid to God, the veil schal be don awei. BSB BSB: But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 WYC And the spirit is the Lord; and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is fredom. BSB BSB: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 WYC And alle we that with open face seen the glorie of the Lord, ben transformed in to the same ymage, fro clerenesse in to clerenesse, as of the spirit of the Lord. 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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