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| 3:1 | Doe wee begin againe to commend our selues? or need wee, as some others, Epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? |
| 3:2 | Ye are our Epistle written in our hearts, knowen and read of all men. |
| 3:3 | Forasmuch as yee are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministred by vs, written not with inke, but with the spirit of the liuing God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. |
| 3:4 | And such trust haue wee through Christ to Godward: |
| 3:5 | Not that wee are sufficient of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues: but our sufficiencie is of God: |
| 3:6 | Who also hath made vs able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giueth life. |
| 3:7 | But if the ministration of death written, and ingrauen in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly beholde the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which glorie was to be done away: |
| 3:8 | How shall not the ministration of the spirit, be rather glorious? |
| 3:9 | For if the ministration of condemnation bee glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousnesse exceed in glorie. |
| 3:10 | For euen that which was made glorious, had no glorie in this respect by reason of the glorie that excelleth. |
| 3:11 | For if that which is done away, was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. |
| 3:12 | Seeing then that wee haue such hope, we vse great plainnesse of speech. |
| 3:13 | And not as Moses, which put a vaile ouer his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly looke to the end of that which is abolished; |
| 3:14 | But their mindes were blinded: for vntill this day remaineth the same vaile vntaken away, in the reading of the old testament: which vaile is done away in Christ. |
| 3:15 | But euen vnto this day, when Moses is read, the vaile is vpon their heart. |
| 3:16 | Neuerthelesse, when it shall turne to the Lord, the vaile shall be taken away. |
| 3:17 | Now the Lord is that spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is libertie. |
| 3:18 | But we all, with open face beholding as in a glasse the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image, from glorie to glorie, euen as by the spirit of the Lord. |
| 3:1 | Begynne we then agayne to prayse or selues? Or nede we (as some other) of pistles of commedacion vnto you or letters of commedacion from you? |
| 3:2 | Ye are oure epistle wrytten in oure hertes: which is vnderstonde and red of all me, |
| 3:3 | in that ye are knowne, how that ye are ye epistle of Christ, mynistred by vs, and wrytte, not with ynke, but with the sprete of the lyuynge God: not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the hert. |
| 3:4 | Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God warde, |
| 3:5 | not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke eny thinge, as of oure selues, but oure ablenesse commeth of God, |
| 3:6 | which hath made vs able, to be mynisters of the new Testament: not of the letter, but of the sprete. For the letter kylleth, but the sprete geueth life. |
| 3:7 | But yf the mynistracion yt kylleth thorow the letter, and was figured in stones, was glorious, so that the childre of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses, for ye clearnesse of his countenauce, (which glory neuertheles is done awaye) |
| 3:8 | how shal not ye mynistracion of ye sprete be moch more glorious? |
| 3:9 | For yf the office that preacheth damnacion be glorious, moch more doth the office that preacheth righteousnes exceade in glory. |
| 3:10 | For ye other parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified in respecte of this exceadinge glory. |
| 3:11 | For yf that which is done awaye, be glorious, moch more shal yt which remayneth, be glorious. |
| 3:12 | Seynge then that we haue soch trust, we vse greate boldnesse, |
| 3:13 | and do not as Moses, which put a vayle before his face, so that ye children of Israel mighte not se the ende of it, that is done awaye. |
| 3:14 | But their myndes are blynded. For vnto this daye remayneth the same coueringe vntake awaye in the olde Testament, whan they rede it, which in Christ is put awaye. |
| 3:15 | But euen vnto this daye whan moses is red, the vayle hangeth before their hertes: |
| 3:16 | Neuertheles wha they turne to the LORDE, the vayle shalbe taken awaye. |
| 3:17 | For the LORDE is a sprete: & where the sprete of the LORDE is, there is libertye. |
| 3:18 | But now the glory of ye LORDE apeareth in vs all with open face, and we are chaunged into the same ymage, from one clearnes to another, eue as of the sprete of the LORDE. |
| 3:1 | Bigynnen we therfor eftsoone to preise vs silf? or whether we neden, as summen, pistlis of preisinge to you, or of you? |
| 3:2 | Ye ben oure pistle, writun in oure hertis, which is knowun and red of alle men, |
| 3:3 | and maad opyn, for ye ben the pistle of Crist mynystrid of vs, and writun, not with enke, but bi the spirit of the lyuynge God; not in stony tablis, but in fleischli tablis of herte. |
| 3:4 | For we han such trist bi Crist to God; |
| 3:5 | not that we ben sufficient to thenke ony thing of vs, as of vs, but oure sufficience is of God. |
| 3:6 | Which also made vs able mynystris of the newe testament, not bi lettre, but bi spirit; for the lettre sleeth, but the spirit quykeneth. |
| 3:7 | And if the mynystracioun of deth write bi lettris in stoonys was in glorie, so that the children of Israel myyten not biholde in to the face of Moises, for the glorie of his cheer, which is auoidid, |
| 3:8 | hou schal not the mynystracioun of the spirit be more in glorie? |
| 3:9 | For if the mynystracioun of dampnacioun was in glorie, myche more the mynysterie of riytwisnesse is plenteuouse in glorie. |
| 3:10 | For nether that that was cleer was glorified in this part for the excellent glorie; and if that that is auoidid, |
| 3:11 | was bi glorie, myche more that that dwellith stille is in glorie. |
| 3:12 | Therfor we that han suche hope, vsen myche trist; |
| 3:13 | and not as Moises leide a veil on his face, that the children of Israel schulden not biholde in to his face, which veil is auoidid. |
| 3:14 | But the wittis of hem ben astonyed; for in to this dai the same veil in reding of the olde testament dwellith not schewid, for it is auoidid in Crist, but in to this dai, |
| 3:15 | whanne Moises is red, the veil is put on her hertis. |
| 3:16 | But whanne Israel schal be conuertid to God, the veil schal be don awei. |
| 3:17 | And the spirit is the Lord; and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is fredom. |
| 3:18 | And alle we that with open face seen the glorie of the Lord, ben transformed in to the same ymage, fro clerenesse in to clerenesse, as of the spirit of the Lord. |
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