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2 Corinthians 3:2-4
New International Version
2 Corinthians 3:2-4
New International Version
2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.(A) 3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,(B) not on tablets of stone(C) but on tablets of human hearts.(D)
4 Such confidence(E) we have through Christ before God.
2 Corinthians 3:2-4
Common English Bible
2 Corinthians 3:2-4
Common English Bible
2 You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. 3 You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered by us. You weren’t written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You weren’t written on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
4 This is the confidence that we have through Christ in the presence of God.
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2 Corinthians 3:2-4
New King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:2-4
New King James Version
2 (A)You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 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
4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God.
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2 Corinthians 3:2-4
King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:2-4
King James Version
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
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2 Corinthians 3:2-4
English Standard Version
2 Corinthians 3:2-4
English Standard Version
2 (A)You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our[a] hearts, to be known and read by all. 3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of (B)the living God, not on (C)tablets of stone but on (D)tablets of (E)human hearts.[b]
4 (F)Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
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- 2 Corinthians 3:2 Some manuscripts your
- 2 Corinthians 3:3 Greek fleshly hearts
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