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Second Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of 2 Corinthians—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Are we starting again to recommend ourselves?1 Or do we, perhaps, like some men, need letters2 of recommendation to YOU or from YOU?
  2. YOU yourselves are our letter,3 inscribed on our[a] hearts and known and being read by all mankind.4
  3. For YOU are shown to be a letter of Christ written by us as ministers,5 inscribed not with ink but with spirit6 of a living God, not on stone tablets,7 but on fleshly tablets, on hearts.[b]8
  4. ¶ Now through the Christ we have this sort of confidence9 toward God.
  5. Not that we of ourselves are adequately qualified to reckon anything as issuing from ourselves,10 but our being adequately qualified[c] issues from God,11
  6. who has indeed adequately qualified us to be ministers[d] of a new covenant,12 not of a written code,[e]13 but of spirit;14 for the written code condemns15 to death, but the spirit makes alive.16
  7. ¶ Moreover, if the code which administers death17 and which was engraved[f] in letters in stones18 came about in a glory,19 so that the sons of Israel could not gaze intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face,20 [a glory] that was to be done away with,
  8. why should not the administering of the spirit21 be much more with glory?22
  9. For if the code administering condemnation[g]23 was glorious,[h]24 much more does the administering of righteousness25 abound with glory.26
  10. In fact, even that which has once been made glorious has been stripped of glory in this respect,27 because of the glory that excels it.28
  11. For if that which was to be done away with was brought in with glory,29 much more would that which remains be with glory.30
  12. ¶ Therefore, as we have such a hope,31 we are using great freeness of speech,
  13. and not doing as when Moses would put a veil32 upon his face, that the sons of Israel might not gaze intently at the end33 of that which was to be done away with.
  14. But their mental powers were dulled.34 For to this present day the same veil remains unlifted at the reading of the old covenant,[i]35 because it is done away with by means of Christ.36
  15. In fact, down till today whenever Moses is read,37 a veil lies upon their hearts.38
  16. But when there is a turning to Jehovah,[j] the veil is taken away.39
  17. Now Jehovah[k] is the Spirit;40 and where the spirit41 of Jehovah[l]42 is, there is freedom.43
  18. And all of us,44 while we with unveiled faces reflect like mirrors the glory of Jehovah,[m]45 are transformed46 into the same image47 from glory to glory,48 exactly as done by Jehovah[n]49 [the] Spirit.[o]

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Our,” P46ABCDVgSyh,p; א, “your.”
  2. ^ Or, “on tablets, on fleshly hearts.”
  3. ^ Lit., “the sufficiency of us.”
  4. ^ Or, “servants.” Gr., di·a·koʹnous; Lat., mi·niʹstros (from miʹnus, “less”); J22(Heb.), mesha·rethimʹ.
  5. ^ Lit., “of written character.” Gr., gramʹma·tos; Lat., litʹte·rae.
  6. ^ Or, “if the administering of death engraved.”
  7. ^ Or, “if the administering of condemnation.”
  8. ^ Lit., “was a glory.”
  9. ^ For a discussion of the expressions “The Old Testament” and “The New Testament,” see App 7E.
  10. ^ See App 1D.
  11. ^ See App 1D.
  12. ^ See App 1D.
  13. ^ See App 1D.
  14. ^ See App 1D.
  15. ^ Or, “by Jehovah’s spirit.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Co 5:12; 10:12
  2. ^ Ac 18:27
  3. ^ 1Co 9:2
  4. ^ Jn 5:36; 10:38
  5. ^ Ro 15:16; 1Co 3:5
  6. ^ Jn 14:17
  7. ^ Ex 31:18; 34:1
  8. ^ Pr 3:3; 7:3; Eze 11:19; 36:26
  9. ^ Eph 3:12
  10. ^ Ro 15:18; 1Co 2:7
  11. ^ Ex 4:15; Pp 2:13; 1Jo 2:27
  12. ^ Heb 8:6; 1Jo 2:20
  13. ^ Ro 13:9
  14. ^ Ro 7:6
  15. ^ Ga 3:10
  16. ^ Jn 6:63
  17. ^ Ro 7:10
  18. ^ Ex 31:18; 32:16
  19. ^ Ex 34:29
  20. ^ Ex 34:30
  21. ^ Ac 2:4; Ga 3:5
  22. ^ Heb 2:4; 1Pe 4:14
  23. ^ De 27:26
  24. ^ Ex 34:35
  25. ^ Ro 3:21; 2Co 5:18
  26. ^ 2Co 4:6
  27. ^ Col 2:15
  28. ^ Col 2:17
  29. ^ Ex 19:16; 24:17
  30. ^ Heb 12:22
  31. ^ 1Pe 1:3
  32. ^ Ex 34:33
  33. ^ Ro 10:4
  34. ^ Ro 11:7
  35. ^ Is 6:10; Jn 12:40
  36. ^ Ro 7:6; Eph 2:15
  37. ^ Ac 15:21
  38. ^ Ro 11:8
  39. ^ Ex 34:34; Ro 11:23, 26
  40. ^ Ge 6:3; Jn 4:24
  41. ^ Ga 5:18
  42. ^ Is 61:1
  43. ^ Ro 6:14; 8:15; Ga 5:1, 13
  44. ^ Ro 8:30
  45. ^ Ps 138:5; Is 40:5; 60:1
  46. ^ Jn 1:12; Ga 4:5
  47. ^ Eph 4:24; 5:1
  48. ^ Ro 8:30; 1Co 13:12; 1Pe 1:4; 1Jo 3:2
  49. ^ 2Co 4:6

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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