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2 Corintios 3
Nueva Versión Internacional
2 Corintios 3
Nueva Versión Internacional
3 ¿Acaso comenzamos otra vez a recomendarnos a nosotros mismos? ¿O acaso tenemos que presentarles o pedirles a ustedes cartas de recomendación, como hacen algunos? 2 Ustedes mismos son nuestra carta, escrita en nuestro corazón, conocida y leída por todos. 3 Es evidente que ustedes son una carta de Cristo, expedida[a] por nosotros, escrita no con tinta, sino con el Espíritu del Dios viviente; no en tablas de piedra, sino en tablas de carne, en los corazones.
4 Esta es la confianza que delante de Dios tenemos por medio de Cristo. 5 No es que nos consideremos competentes en nosotros mismos. Nuestra capacidad viene de Dios. 6 Él nos ha capacitado para ser servidores de un nuevo pacto, no el de la letra, sino el del Espíritu; porque la letra mata, pero el Espíritu da vida.
La gloria del nuevo pacto
7 El ministerio que causaba muerte, el que estaba grabado con letras en piedra, fue tan glorioso que los israelitas no podían mirar la cara de Moisés debido a la gloria que se reflejaba en su rostro, la cual ya se estaba extinguiendo. 8 Pues bien, si aquel ministerio fue así, ¿no será todavía más glorioso el ministerio del Espíritu? 9 Si es glorioso el ministerio que trae condenación, ¡cuánto más glorioso será el ministerio que trae la justicia! 10 En efecto, lo que fue glorioso ya no lo es, si se compara con esta excelsa gloria. 11 Y, si vino con gloria lo que ya se estaba extinguiendo, ¡cuánto mayor será la gloria de lo que permanece!
12 Así que, como tenemos tal esperanza, actuamos con plena confianza. 13 No hacemos como Moisés, quien se ponía un velo sobre el rostro para que los israelitas no vieran el fin del resplandor que se iba extinguiendo. 14 Sin embargo, la mente de ellos se embotó, de modo que hasta el día de hoy tienen puesto el mismo velo al leer el antiguo pacto. El velo no les ha sido quitado, porque solo se quita en Cristo. 15 Hasta el día de hoy, siempre que leen a Moisés, un velo les cubre el corazón. 16 Pero cada vez que alguien se vuelve al Señor, el velo es quitado. 17 Ahora bien, el Señor es el Espíritu, y donde está el Espíritu del Señor, allí hay libertad. 18 Así, todos nosotros, que con el rostro descubierto reflejamos[b] como en un espejo la gloria del Señor, somos transformados a su semejanza con más y más gloria por la acción del Señor, que es el Espíritu.
2 Corinto 3
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
2 Corinto 3
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
3 Baka sabihin ninyong pinupuri na naman namin ang aming mga sarili. Hindi kami katulad ng iba riyan na kailangan ang rekomendasyon para tanggapin ninyo, at pagkatapos hihingi naman ng rekomendasyon mula sa inyo para tanggapin din sa ibang lugar. 2 Hindi na namin kailangan ito dahil kayo na mismo ang aming rekomendasyon na nakasulat sa aming puso. Sapagkat ang pamumuhay ninyo ay parang sulat na nakikita at nababasa ng lahat. 3 Malinaw na ang buhay ninyo ay parang isang sulat mula kay Cristo na isinulat sa pamamagitan namin. At hindi tinta ang ginamit sa sulat na ito kundi ang Espiritu ng Dios na buhay. At hindi rin ito isinulat sa malapad na mga bato, kundi sa puso ng mga tao.
4 Nasasabi namin ang mga ito dahil sa mga ginagawa ni Cristo sa pamamagitan namin at dahil sa aming pagtitiwala sa Dios. 5 Kung sa aming sarili lamang, wala kaming sapat na kakayahang gawin ito. Lahat ng aming kakayahan ay mula sa Dios. 6 Siya ang nagbigay sa amin ng kakayahan para maipahayag namin ang kanyang bagong pamamaraan para mailapit ang mga tao sa kanya. At ang bagong pamamaraan na ito ay hindi ayon sa isinulat na Kautusan kundi sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu. Sapagkat ang Kautusan ay nagdudulot ng kamatayan, ngunit ang Espiritu ay nagbibigay-buhay.
7 Noong ibinigay ng Dios kay Moises ang Kautusan na nakasulat sa malapad na mga bato, hindi matingnan ng mga Israelita ang mukha ni Moises dahil nasisilaw sila. Ngunit ang ningning na iyon sa kanyang mukha ay unti-unti ring nawala. Ngayon, kung nagpakita ang Dios ng kanyang kapangyarihan sa Kautusan na nagdudulot ng kamatayan, 8 higit pa ang ipapakita niyang kapangyarihan kung kikilos na ang Espiritu. 9 Kung nagpakita ang Dios ng kapangyarihan niya sa pamamagitan ng Kautusan na nagdudulot ng hatol na kamatayan, higit pa ang ipapakita niyang kapangyarihan sa pagpapawalang-sala sa mga tao. 10 Ang totoo, balewala ang kapangyarihan ng Kautusan kung ihahambing sa kapangyarihan ng bagong pamamaraan ng Dios. 11 Kung may kapangyarihang ipinakita ang Dios sa pamamagitan ng Kautusan na lumilipas, higit pa ang kapangyarihang ipinapakita niya sa bagong pamamaraang ito na nananatili magpakailanman.
12 At dahil sa pag-asa naming ito, malakas ang aming loob na ipahayag ang salita ng Dios. 13 Hindi kami tulad ni Moises na nagtakip ng mukha para hindi makita ng mga Israelita ang liwanag sa kanyang mukha na unti-unting nawawala. 14 Ang totoo, hindi naintindihan ng mga Israelita ang kahulugan nito noon dahil may nakatakip sa kanilang isipan. At kahit ngayon, may nakatakip pa rin sa kanilang isipan habang binabasa nila ang dating kasunduan. At maaalis lamang ito kapag ang isang taoʼy nakay Cristo. 15 Totoong hanggang ngayon ay may nakatakip sa kanilang isipan habang binabasa nila ang mga isinulat ni Moises. 16 Ngunit kung lalapit ang tao sa Panginoon, maaalis ang takip sa kanyang isipan. 17 Ngayon, ang binabanggit ditong Panginoon ay ang Banal na Espiritu, at kung ang Espiritu ng Panginoon ay nasa isang tao, malaya na siya. 18 At dahil naalis na ang takip sa ating isipan, nakikita na natin ang kapangyarihan ng Panginoon. At ang kapangyarihang ito ay mula sa Panginoon, na siyang Banal na Espiritu, ang siyang unti-unting bumabago sa atin hanggang tayoʼy maging katulad niya.
2 Corinthians 3
New International Version
2 Corinthians 3
New International Version
3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves(A) again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation(B) to you or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.(C) 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,(D) not on tablets of stone(E) but on tablets of human hearts.(F)
4 Such confidence(G) we have through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves(H) to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.(I) 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(J)—not of the letter(K) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(L)
The Greater Glory of the New Covenant
7 Now if the ministry that brought death,(M) which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory,(N) transitory though it was, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry that brought condemnation(O) was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!(P) 10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!
12 Therefore, since we have such a hope,(Q) we are very bold.(R) 13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face(S) to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. 14 But their minds were made dull,(T) for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant(U) is read.(V) It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord,(W) the veil is taken away.(X) 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit,(Y) and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.(Z) 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a](AA) the Lord’s glory,(AB) are being transformed into his image(AC) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflect
2 Corinthians 3
King James Version
2 Corinthians 3
King James Version
3 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
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:
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 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.
7 But if the ministration of death, written and 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 glory was to be done away:
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 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, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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