(A)You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our[a] hearts, to be known and read by all. 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]

(F)Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. (G)Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but (H)our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be (I)ministers of (J)a new covenant, not of (K)the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but (L)the Spirit gives life.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:2 Some manuscripts your
  2. 2 Corinthians 3:3 Greek fleshly hearts

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