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Do we beginG756 againG3825 to commendG4921 ourselves?G1438 orG2228 G3361 needG5535 we, as someG5100 others, lettersG1992 of commendationG4956 to you, orG2228 letters of commendationG4956 from you?
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You are our letterG1992 writtenG1449 in our hearts,G2588 knownG1097 and readG314 of allG3956 men:G444
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For as much as you are manifestlyG5319 declaredG5319 to be the letterG1992 of ChristG5547 ministeredG1247 by us, writtenG1449 not with ink,G3188 but with the SpiritG4151 of the livingG2198 God;G2316 not in tablesG4109 of stone,G3035 but in fleshyG4560 tablesG4109 of the heart.G2588
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And suchG5108 trustG4006 haveG2192 we throughG1223 ChristG5547 to God-ward:G4314
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Not that we are sufficientG2425 of ourselvesG1438 to thinkG3049 anyG5100 thing as of ourselves;G1438 but our sufficiencyG2426 is of God;G2316
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WhoG3739 alsoG2532 has madeG2427 us ableG2427 ministersG1249 of the newG2537 testament;G1242 not of the letter,G1121 but of the spirit:G4151 for the letterG1121 kills,G615 but the spiritG4151 gives life.G2227
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But ifG1487 the ministrationG1248 of death,G2288 writtenG1722 G1121 and engravedG1795 in stones,G3037 was glorious,G1722 G1391 soG5620 that the childrenG5207 of IsraelG2474 couldG1410 not steadfastlyG816 beholdG816 the faceG4383 of MosesG3475 for the gloryG1391 of his countenance;G4383 whichG3588 gloryG1391 was to be doneG2673 away:G2673
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HowG4459 shall not the ministrationG1248 of the spiritG4151 be ratherG3123 glorious?G1722
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For ifG1487 the ministrationG1248 of condemnationG2633 be glory,G1391 muchG4183 moreG3123 does the ministrationG1248 of righteousnessG1343 exceedG4052 in glory.G1391
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For evenG2532 that which was madeG1392 gloriousG1392 had noG3761 gloryG1392 in thisG5129 respect,G3313 by reasonG1752 of the gloryG1391 that excels.G5235
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For ifG1487 that which is doneG2673 awayG2673 was glorious,G1223 G1391 muchG4183 moreG3123 that which remainsG3306 is glorious.G1722 G1391
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Seeing thenG3767 that we haveG2192 suchG5108 hope,G1680 we useG5530 greatG4183 plainnessG3954 of speech:
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And not as Moses,G3475 which putG5087 a veilG2571 overG1909 his face,G4383 that the childrenG5207 of IsraelG2474 could not steadfastlyG816 lookG816 to the endG5056 of that which is abolished:G2673
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But their mindsG3540 were blinded:G4456 for untilG891 thisG4594 dayG4594 remainsG3306 the sameG846 veilG2571 not takenG3361 G348 awayG343 in the readingG320 of the oldG3820 testament;G1242 whichG3748 veil is doneG2673 awayG2673 in Christ.G5547
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But evenG2193 to thisG4594 day,G4594 whenG2259 MosesG3475 is read,G314 the veilG2571 is on their heart.G2588
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NeverthelessG1161 whenG2259 it shall turnG1994 to the Lord,G2962 the veilG2571 shall be takenG4014 away.G4014
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NowG1161 the LordG2962 is that Spirit:G4151 and whereG3757 the SpiritG4151 of the LordG2962 is, thereG1563 is liberty.G1657
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But we all,G3956 with openG343 faceG4383 beholdingG2734 as in a glassG2734 the gloryG1391 of the Lord,G2962 are changedG3339 into the sameG846 imageG1504 from gloryG1391 to glory,G1391 even as by the SpiritG4151 of the LORD.G2962
