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2 Corinthians 3

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2 Corinthians 3 . 1

1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?TOSK2 Corinthians 3:1

2 Corinthians 3 . 2

2 You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.TOSK2 Corinthians 3:2

2 Corinthians 3 . 3

3 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.IPExodus 31:18 · Ezekiel 11:19 · Jeremiah 31:33TOSK2 Corinthians 3:3TTWisdom Instruction (Torah Pedagogy) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) · Covenant Violations (Prophetic Indictments)

2 Corinthians 3 . 4

4 Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.TOSK2 Corinthians 3:4

2 Corinthians 3 . 5

5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.TOSK2 Corinthians 3:5

2 Corinthians 3 . 6

6 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.IPJeremiah 31:31TOSK2 Corinthians 3:6TTMoses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) · Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope) · Two Covenants (Law and Promise)LTCovenant

2 Corinthians 3 . 7

7 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,IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:7TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 8

8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:8TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 9

9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:9TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 10

10 Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:10TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 11

11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:11TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 12

12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:12TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 13

13 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.IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:13TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 14

14 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.IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:14TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 15

15 And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:15TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 16

16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.IPExodus 34:34 · Exodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:16TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 17

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:17TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

2 Corinthians 3 . 18

18 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.IPExodus 34:29-35TOSK2 Corinthians 3:18TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me) · Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) · Image of God (Priestly Vocation) · Sensory Access to God (From Sinai's Veil to Zion's Vision)

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Intertextuality Pairs

Allusions 2 Corinthians 3:16 → Exodus 34:34, 2 Corinthians 3:3 → Exodus 31:18, 2 Corinthians 3:3 → Ezekiel 11:19, 2 Corinthians 3:3 → Jeremiah 31:33, 2 Corinthians 3:6 → Jeremiah 31:31, 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 → Exodus 34:29-35

Trajectories

Covenant Violations (Prophetic Indictments), Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me), Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Two Covenants (Law and Promise), Wisdom Instruction (Torah Pedagogy), Sensory Access to God (From Sinai's Veil to Zion's Vision)

Longitudinal Themes

Covenant