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2 Corinthians 3

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVDo we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
    WEBAre we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
  2. 2
    KJVYe are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
    WEBYou are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
  3. 3
    KJVForasmuch 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.
    WEBbeing revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
  4. 4
    KJVAnd such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
    WEBSuch confidence we have through Christ toward God,
  5. 5
    KJVNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
    WEBnot that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
  6. 6
    KJVWho 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.
    WEBwho also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  7. 7
    KJVBut 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:
    WEBBut if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away,
  8. 8
    KJVHow shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
    WEBwon’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
  9. 9
    KJVFor if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
    WEBFor if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
  10. 10
    KJVFor even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
    WEBFor most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
  11. 11
    KJVFor if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
    WEBFor if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
  12. 12
    KJVSeeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
    WEBHaving therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
  13. 13
    KJVAnd not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
    WEBand not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
  14. 14
    KJVBut 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.
    WEBBut their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
  15. 15
    KJVBut even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
    WEBBut to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
  16. 16
    KJVNevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
    WEBBut whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
  17. 17
    KJVNow the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
    WEBNow the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
  18. 18
    KJVBut 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.
    WEBBut we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.