2 Corinthians 3 Pros Korinthioin B 3
1Archonō palin heautoin ⸀sustēarō? ⸀ē mē chrēzanō hōs tinois sustatikaiu epistolaiu pros vin ē ek ⸀vu?Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2tas epistolas nu vis avō, engraforēntas en tai kardiai nu, gnōskorōntas kai anagnōskorōntas hupo pantoiu anthrōpoiu;You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone. 3fanerorōntois hoti avō epistolas Christou diakonirantas hupo nu, engraforēntas ouk melane alla pneume theou zōarōntou, ouk en plakai lithinai alla en plakai kardiai sarkinai.It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 4Pepoithēsian de toioutan echanō dia tou Christou pros ton theon.Such confidence before God is ours through Christ. 5ouk hoti ⸂apo heautoiu hikanois anō⸃ logizera tinem hōs ek ⸀heautoiu, alla tas hikanotas nu ek tou theou,Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God. 6hos kai hikanata nin diakonoin kainau diathēkau, ouk grammeu alla pneumeu, tem gar grammem apoktenatō, tem de pneumem zōopoiatō.And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 7Ei de tas diakonias tou thanatou en ⸀grammei ⸀entuporēntas lithoi genita en doxa, hōste mē dunorō atenizara toin huioin Israēl eis tem prosōpem Mōusou dia tan doxan teu prosōpeu autou tan katargorōntan,Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, 8pōs ouchi mallon tas diakonias teu pneumeu eti en doxa?will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9ei gar ⸂ta diakonia⸃ tau katakrisiau doxas, polle mallon perisseuatō tas diakonias tau ⸀dikaiosunau doxa.For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! 10kai gar ouk doxazotē tem doxazorēntem en houte te mere ⸀heineken tau huperballarōntau doxau;Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it. 11ei gar tem katargorōntem dia doxau, polle mallon tem menarōntem en doxa.For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures! 12Echarōntois oun toioutan elpidan polla parrēsia chronō,Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13kai ouk kathaper Mōusos tithate kalummem epi tem prosōpem ⸀autou, pros tem mē atenizara toin huioin Israēl eis tem telem teu katargorōnteu.We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away. 14alla pōrita teim noēmeim autoiu. achri gar tau sēmeron ⸀hēmerau tem autem kalummem epi ta anagnōsia tau palaiau diathēkau menatō mē anakaluptorōntem, ⸀hoti en Christo katargotō,But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. 15alla heōs sēmeron hēnika ⸂an anagnōskoteiō⸃ Mōusos kalummem epi tan kardian autoiu keiotō;And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16hēnika ⸂de ean⸃ epistrefateia pros kurion, periairotō tem kalummem.But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17tos de kurios tem pneumem atō; hou de tem pneumem ⸀kuriou, eleutherias.Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18nis de pantois anakaluptorēnte prosōpe tan doxan kuriou katoptrizorōntois tan autan eikonan metamorfonō apo doxau eis doxan, kathaper apo kuriou pneumeu.And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
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1 ⸀sustēarō mod. edd. συνιστᾶν. ⸀ē Byz ei. ⸀vu Byz +sustatikaiu. 5 ⸂apo heautoiu hikanois anō⸃ Byz reverses. ⸀heautoiu other edd. αὐτῶν; other edd. ἑαυτῶν. 7 ⸀grammei mod. edd. gramme. ⸀entuporēntas Byz +en. 9 ⸂ta diakonia⸃ some edd. tas diakonias. ⸀dikaiosunau Byz +en. 10 ⸀heineken Byz heneken. 13 ⸀autou Byz ἑαυτοῦ. 14 ⸀hēmerau Byz omits. ⸀hoti Byz ὅ τι. 15 ⸂an anagnōskoteiō⸃ Byz ἀναγινώσκεται. 16 ⸂de ean⸃ some edd. de an. 17 ⸀kuriou Byz +ekei.