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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Corinthians 3 KJV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; 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not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency <i>is</i> of God; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Who 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.</p> <a name="7" id="7"></a><p class="hdg">The Glory of the New Covenant<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../exodus/34.htm#29">Exodus 34:29-35</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But if the ministration of death, written <i>and</i> 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 <i>glory</i> was to be done away: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For if the ministration of condemnation <i>be</i> glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For if that which is done away <i>was</i> glorious, much more that which remaineth <i>is</i> glorious.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And not as Moses, <i>which</i> put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which <i>vail</i> is done away in Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord <i>is</i>, there <i>is</i> liberty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But 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, <i>even</i> as by the Spirit of the Lord.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_corinthians/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_corinthians/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/2_corinthians/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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