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2 Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;
2 our letter ye are, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
2 *Ye* are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
2 You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
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Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 3
The apostle makes an apology for his seeming to commend himself, and is careful not to assume too much to himself, but to ascribe all praise unto God (v. 1-5). He then draws a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, and shows the excellency of the later above the former (v. 6-11), whence he infers what is the duty of gospel ministers, and the advantage of those who live under the gospel above those who lived under the law (v. 12-18).
2Cr 3:1-5
In these verses,
2Cr 3:6-11
Here the apostle makes a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, the law of Moses and the gospel of Jesus Christ, and values himself and his fellow-labourers by this, that they were able ministers of the New Testament, that God had made them so, v. 6. This he does in answer to the accusations of false teachers, who magnify greatly the law of Moses.
2Cr 3:12-18
In these verses the apostle draws two inferences from what he had said about the Old and New Testament:-