2 Corinthians

Chapter 3

Phonetic (Greek): Ἀrchometha palin heautoys ⸀synistanein; ⸀e me chrῄzomen hos tines systatikon epistolon pros hymas e ex ⸀hymon;

Edified Edition (EDE)Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?

Ἀρχόμεθα πάλιν ἑαυτοὺς ⸀συνιστάνειν; ⸀ἢ μὴ χρῄζομεν ὥς τινες συστατικῶν ἐπιστολῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἢ ἐξ ⸀ὑμῶν;

Phonetic (Greek): he epistole hemon hymeis este, engegrammene en tais kardiais hemon, ginoskomene kai anaginoskomene hypo panton anthropon·

Edified Edition (EDE)You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

ἡ ἐπιστολὴ ἡμῶν ὑμεῖς ἐστε, ἐγγεγραμμένη ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν, γινωσκομένη καὶ ἀναγινωσκομένη ὑπὸ πάντων ἀνθρώπων·

Phonetic (Greek): phaneroymenoi hoti este epistole Christoy diakonetheisa hyphʼ hemon, engegrammene oy melani alla pneymati theoy zontos, oyk en plaxin lithinais allʼ en plaxin kardiais sarkinais.

Edified Edition (EDE)clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

φανερούμενοι ὅτι ἐστὲ ἐπιστολὴ Χριστοῦ διακονηθεῖσα ὑφʼ ἡμῶν, ἐγγεγραμμένη οὐ μέλανι ἀλλὰ πνεύματι θεοῦ ζῶντος, οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶν λιθίναις ἀλλʼ ἐν πλαξὶν καρδίαις σαρκίναις.

Phonetic (Greek): Pepoithesin de toiayten echomen dia toy Christoy pros ton theon.

Edified Edition (EDE)And we have such trust through Christ toward God.

Πεποίθησιν δὲ τοιαύτην ἔχομεν διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ πρὸς τὸν θεόν.

Phonetic (Greek): oych hoti ⸂aphʼ heauton hikanoi esmen⸃ logisasthai ti hos ex ⸀ahyton, allʼ he hikanotes hemon ek toy theoy,

Edified Edition (EDE)Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

οὐχ ὅτι ⸂ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν ἱκανοί ἐσμεν⸃ λογίσασθαί τι ὡς ἐξ ⸀αὑτῶν, ἀλλʼ ἡ ἱκανότης ἡμῶν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ,

Phonetic (Greek): hos kai hikanosen hemas diakonous kaines diathekes, oy grammatos alla pneymatos, to gar gramma apoktennei, to de pneyma zῳopoiei.

Edified Edition (EDE)who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

ὃς καὶ ἱκάνωσεν ἡμᾶς διακόνους καινῆς διαθήκης, οὐ γράμματος ἀλλὰ πνεύματος, τὸ γὰρ γράμμα ἀποκτέννει, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ζῳοποιεῖ.

Phonetic (Greek): Ei de he diakonia toy thanatou en ⸀grammasin ⸀entetypomene lithois egenethe en doxῃ, hoste me dynasthai atenisai toys yhioys Ἰsrael eis to prosopon Moyseos dia ten doxan toy prosopou aytoy ten katargoumenen,

Edified Edition (EDE)But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,

Εἰ δὲ ἡ διακονία τοῦ θανάτου ἐν ⸀γράμμασιν ⸀ἐντετυπωμένη λίθοις ἐγενήθη ἐν δόξῃ, ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι ἀτενίσαι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον Μωϋσέως διὰ τὴν δόξαν τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν καταργουμένην,

Phonetic (Greek): pos oychi mallon he diakonia toy pneymatos estai en doxῃ;

Edified Edition (EDE)how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?

πῶς οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἡ διακονία τοῦ πνεύματος ἔσται ἐν δόξῃ;

Phonetic (Greek): ei gar ⸂tῇ diakoniᾳ⸃ tes katakriseos doxa, pollῷ mallon perisseyei he diakonia tes ⸀dikaiosynes doxῃ.

Edified Edition (EDE)For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

εἰ γὰρ ⸂τῇ διακονίᾳ⸃ τῆς κατακρίσεως δόξα, πολλῷ μᾶλλον περισσεύει ἡ διακονία τῆς ⸀δικαιοσύνης δόξῃ.

Phonetic (Greek): kai gar oy dedoxastai to dedoxasmenon en toytῳ tῷ merei ⸀ehineken tes hyperballoyses doxes·

Edified Edition (EDE)For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.

καὶ γὰρ οὐ δεδόξασται τὸ δεδοξασμένον ἐν τούτῳ τῷ μέρει ⸀εἵνεκεν τῆς ὑπερβαλλούσης δόξης·

Phonetic (Greek): ei gar to katargoymenon dia doxes, pollῷ mallon to menon en doxῃ.

Edified Edition (EDE)For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.

εἰ γὰρ τὸ καταργούμενον διὰ δόξης, πολλῷ μᾶλλον τὸ μένον ἐν δόξῃ.

Phonetic (Greek): Ἔchontes oyn toiayten elpida pollῇ parresiᾳ chrometha,

Edified Edition (EDE)Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech,

Ἔχοντες οὖν τοιαύτην ἐλπίδα πολλῇ παρρησίᾳ χρώμεθα,

Phonetic (Greek): kai oy kathaper Moyses etithei kalymma epi to prosopon ⸀aytoy, pros to me atenisai toys yhioys Ἰsrael eis to telos toy katargoumenou.

Edified Edition (EDE)unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly at the end of what was passing away.

καὶ οὐ καθάπερ Μωϋσῆς ἐτίθει κάλυμμα ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον ⸀αὐτοῦ, πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀτενίσαι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὸ τέλος τοῦ καταργουμένου.

Phonetic (Greek): alla eporothe ta noemata ayton. achri gar tes semeron ⸀hemeras to ayto kalymma epi tῇ anagnosei tes palaias diathekes menei me anakalyptomenon, ⸀hoti en Christῷ katargeitai,

Edified Edition (EDE)But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.

ἀλλὰ ἐπωρώθη τὰ νοήματα αὐτῶν. ἄχρι γὰρ τῆς σήμερον ⸀ἡμέρας τὸ αὐτὸ κάλυμμα ἐπὶ τῇ ἀναγνώσει τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης μένει μὴ ἀνακαλυπτόμενον, ⸀ὅτι ἐν Χριστῷ καταργεῖται,

Phonetic (Greek): allʼ heos semeron henika ⸂an anaginosketai⸃ Moyses kalymma epi ten kardian ayton keitai·

Edified Edition (EDE)But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.

ἀλλʼ ἕως σήμερον ἡνίκα ⸂ἂν ἀναγινώσκηται⸃ Μωϋσῆς κάλυμμα ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν κεῖται·

Phonetic (Greek): henika ⸂de ean⸃ epistrepsῃ pros kyrion, periaireitai to kalymma.

Edified Edition (EDE)Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

ἡνίκα ⸂δὲ ἐὰν⸃ ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.

Phonetic (Greek): ho de kyrios to pneyma estin· ohy de to pneyma ⸀kyriou, eleutheria.

Edified Edition (EDE)Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν· οὗ δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα ⸀κυρίου, ἐλευθερία.

Phonetic (Greek): hemeis de pantes anakekalymmenῳ prosopῳ ten doxan kyriou katoptrizomenoi ten ayten eikona metamorphoymetha apo doxes eis doxan, kathaper apo kyriou pneymatos.

Edified Edition (EDE)But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

ἡμεῖς δὲ πάντες ἀνακεκαλυμμένῳ προσώπῳ τὴν δόξαν κυρίου κατοπτριζόμενοι τὴν αὐτὴν εἰκόνα μεταμορφούμεθα ἀπὸ δόξης εἰς δόξαν, καθάπερ ἀπὸ κυρίου πνεύματος.