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incipimus iterum nosmet ipsos commendare aut numquid egemus sicut quidam commendaticiis epistulis ad vos aut ex vobis
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?
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epistula nostra vos estis scripta in cordibus nostris quae scitur et legitur ab omnibus hominibus
You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men:
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manifestati quoniam epistula estis Christi ministrata a nobis et scripta non atramento sed Spiritu Dei vivi non in tabulis lapideis sed in tabulis cordis carnalibus
Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written: not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart.
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fiduciam autem talem habemus per Christum ad Deum
And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.
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non quod sufficientes simus cogitare aliquid a nobis quasi ex nobis sed sufficientia nostra ex Deo est
Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
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qui et idoneos nos fecit ministros novi testamenti non litterae sed Spiritus littera enim occidit Spiritus autem vivificat
Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter but in the spirit. For the letter killeth: but the spirit quickeneth.
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quod si ministratio mortis litteris deformata in lapidibus fuit in gloria ita ut non possent intendere filii Israhel in faciem Mosi propter gloriam vultus eius quae evacuatur
Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious (so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance), which is made void:
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quomodo non magis ministratio Spiritus erit in gloria
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?
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nam si ministratio damnationis gloria est multo magis abundat ministerium iustitiae in gloria
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.
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nam nec glorificatum est quod claruit in hac parte propter excellentem gloriam
For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified by reason of the glory that excelleth.
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si enim quod evacuatur per gloriam est multo magis quod manet in gloria est
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is in glory.
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habentes igitur talem spem multa fiducia utimur
Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence.
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et non sicut Moses ponebat velamen super faciem suam ut non intenderent filii Israhel in faciem eius quod evacuatur
And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.
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sed obtusi sunt sensus eorum usque in hodiernum enim diem id ipsum velamen in lectione veteris testamenti manet non revelatum quoniam in Christo evacuatur
But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).
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sed usque in hodiernum diem cum legitur Moses velamen est positum super cor eorum
But even until this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
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cum autem conversus fuerit ad Deum aufertur velamen
But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
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Dominus autem Spiritus est ubi autem Spiritus Domini ibi libertas
Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
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nos vero omnes revelata facie gloriam Domini speculantes in eandem imaginem transformamur a claritate in claritatem tamquam a Domini Spiritu
But we all, beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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