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You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men:

Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart.

And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.

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You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.(A) You show that you are Christ’s letter,(B) delivered[a] by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God(C)—not on tablets of stone(D) but on tablets of human hearts.[b](E)

Paul’s Competence

Such is the confidence we have through Christ before God.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3 Lit ministered to
  2. 3:3 Lit fleshly hearts

(A)You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, (B)ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not (C)on tablets of stone but (D)on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

The Spirit, Not the Letter

And we have such trust through Christ toward God.

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