2 Corinthians 3:1
Verse 1 of 18. The 3rd of 13 chapters in 2 Corinthians, in The Letters of Paul.
1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
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2 Corinthians 3:1 in the World English Bible
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Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:1
That he neither needed nor desired any verbal commendation to them, nor letters testimonial from them, as some others did, meaning the false apostles or teachers, v. 1. His ministry among them had, without controversy, been truly great and honourable, how little soever his person was in reality, or how contemptible soever some would have him thought to be. 2.
Read Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:1–5: Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. (a. d. 57.)
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.