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Following the new agreement by the spirit

2 Cor 3:1–18

3:1 Following the new agreement by the spirit

3 Oh, are we beginning to pat ourselves on the back again? Don’t we need written references for you all, or from you all, like some others do? 2 It’s all of you who are our references, and having been written in our hearts, it’s known about and being read by all people. 3 It shows that you who were served by us, are now Messiah’s letter that wasn’t written with ink but with God’s living spirit—not written on stone tablets[ref] but on people’s hearts.[ref]

4 We have such confidence towards God through the messiah, 5 not that we ourselves are worthy to consider ourselves anything special, but our qualifications come from God. 6 He qualified us as servants of a new agreement[ref]—not following it by the letter, but by the spirit, because following by the letter leads to death whereas following by the spirit gives life.

7 The system which was inscribed on stone tablets and which results in death was so incredible when it was given that the Israelis couldn’t even bring themselves to look at Mosheh’s (Moses’) face because it shone so brightly.[ref] But if that system is being nullified, 8 won’t this system via the spirit be even greater? 9 If the system that brought condemnation was incredible, how much greater is the system that leads to righteousness, 10 because that earlier system seems ordinary now when compared with the more incredible greatness of the new system, 11 and if what ended up being replaced was incredible, how much more incredible is the system that lasts.

12 So then, since that’s our expectation, we can be very bold, 13 not just like Mosheh putting a veil over his face[ref] because the Israelis couldn’t even look at him when introducing a system that would be replaced. 14 But their thinking was inflexible because even until this very day, the same veil remains during the public reading of the Hebrew scriptures—it’s not opened up because it’s only Messiah that nullifies it. 15 So these days whenever Mosheh’s writings are being read, a veil lies across their hearts, 16 but whenever that heart might turn towards Yahweh, the veil will be removed.[ref] 17 Now Yahweh is the spirit, and there’s freedom wherever Yahweh’s spirit is. 18 All of us who’ve had our faces unveiled are reflecting Yahweh’s greatness, and that same image transforms us from greatness to greatness. This comes from Yahweh who is the spirit.

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3 We _are _beginning again ourselves to _be _commending?
Or not we _are _needing, as some, of _commendatory letters to you _all or from you _all?

2 The letter of _us you _all are, having _been _inscribed in the hearts of _us, being _known and being _read by all people,

3 being _revealed that you _all _are a_letter of_chosen _one /messiah, having _been _served by us, having _been _inscribed not in _ink, but with_the_spirit of_god the_living, not on tablets stone, but on tablets of _hearts fleshy.

4 And confidence such we _are _having through the chosen _one /messiah toward the god.

5 Not that from ourselves worthy we _are to _count anything as of ourselves, but the qualified of _us is of the god,

6 who also qualified us as _servants of_a_new covenant, not of_the_letter, but of_the_spirit, because/for the letter will _be _killing _off, but the spirit is _giving _life.

7 But if the service the of _death in letters having _been _engraved in _stones was _become in glory, so _as not to _be _able to _look _intently the sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) at the face of _Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh), because _of the glory of _the face of _him, which is being _nullified,

8 how not more the service of _the spirit will _be in glory?

9 For/Because if in _the the_service was of_ the _condemnation, glory by _much more is _being _plentiful the service of_ the _righteousness in _glory.

10 For/Because even not has _been _glorified, the thing having _been _glorified in this the regard on _account the surpassing glory.

11 For/Because if the thing being _wasted through glory was, by _much rather the thing remaining in glory.

12 Therefore having such hope to _great boldness we _are _resorting,

13 and not just _as Mōsaʸs was _putting a_veil over the face of _him, because/for that not to _look _intently the sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), to the end of _the thing being _wasted.

14 But was _hardened the thinking of _them.
For/Because until the today day, the same veil at at _the public _reading of _the old covenant is _remaining, not being _unveiled that in chosen _one /messiah it _is _being _nullified.

15 But to today whenever wishfully may _be _being _read Mōsaʸs, a_veil from the heart of _them is _lying.

16 But whenever if it _may _turn _back to the_master, is _being _taken _away the veil.

17 And the master the spirit is, and where the spirit of_the_master is, freedom is.

18 But we all having _been _unveiled in _face, the glory of_the_master reflecting, in _the same image we _are _being _transformed, from glory to glory, just _as from of_the_master, the_spirit.

3:3: Exo 24:12.

3:3: Jer 31:33; Eze 11:19; 36:26.

3:6: Jer 31:31.

3:7: Exo 34:29.

3:13: Exo 34:33.

3:16: Exo 34:34.

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Exo 24:12:

24:12 Mosheh’s long stay on Mt. Sinay

12 Then Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses), “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, and I will give you some stone slabs with the rules and regulations that I have written on them so you can to teach them to the people.”

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12 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to Mosheh come _up to_me to_the_mountain and_be there so_that _I _may _give to/for_yourself(m) DOM the _tablets _of (the)_stone and_the_law and_the_command which I _have _written to_teach_them.

Jer 31:33:

33 Yes, Yahweh declares that this is the agreement that I’ll make with the Israeli people after that time: I’ll put my law inside them—writing it on their heart,[ref] and I will be their god, and they will be a people for me.

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31:33: Heb 10:16.

Eze 11:19:

19 and I’ll give them one heart, and I’ll put a new spirit in them. I’ll take the rock-hard heart out of them and give them a tender heart,[ref]

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19 And_I _will _give to/for_them a _heart one and_spirit new I _will _put in_your _inner _of_being and_I _will _remove the _heart _of (the)_stone from_flesh _of_their and_I _will _give to/for_them a _heart _of flesh.

11:19-20: Eze 36:26-28.

36:26:

26 I’ll give you people a new heart and a new spirit in your innermost parts, and I’ll take the stony heart away from your bodies and replace it with a heart of flesh.[ref]

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26 And_I _will _give to/for_you(pl) a _heart new and_spirit new I _will _put in_your _inner _of_being and_I _will _remove DOM the _heart _of (the)_stone from_flesh _of_your(pl) and_I _will _give to/for_you(pl) a _heart _of flesh.

36:26-28: Eze 11:19-20.

Jer 31:31:

31 Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming when I’ll make a new agreement with the people of Yisrael (Israel) and Yehudah (Judah).[ref]

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31 HERE days are_coming the _utterance _of YHWH and_I _will _make with the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_DOM the _house _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) a _covenant new.

31:31: Mat 26:28; Mrk 14:24; Luk 22:20; 1Cor 11:25; 2Cor 3:6.

Exo 34:29:

29 So when Mosheh came down from Mt. Sinay, he was carrying the two stone slabs with the transcript of the ten commands, but what he didn’t know as he descended was that the skin on his face was shining after his talking with Yahweh.[ref]

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34:29-35: 2Cor 3:7-16.

Exo 34:33:

33 Then when he’d finished talking to them, Mosheh put a veil over his face,

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33 And_ Mosheh _they _were _ended/finished from_speaking with_them and_he/it _gave over his/its_faces/face a _veil.

Exo 34:34:

34 and whenever he would go in to speak with Yahweh, he would remove the veil until he came out. Whenever he did come out, he’d tell the Israelis what he’d been instructed,

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