2 Corinthians 3:3-16

New King James Version

³ clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ^(A)ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not ^(B)on tablets of stone but ^(C)on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

The Spirit, Not the Letter

⁴ And we have such trust through Christ toward God. ^5 (D)Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but ^(E)our sufficiency is from God, ⁶ who also made us sufficient as ^(F)ministers of ^(G)the new covenant, not ^(H)of the letter but of the ^[a]Spirit; for ^(I)the letter kills, ^(J)but the Spirit gives life.

Glory of the New Covenant

⁷ But if ^(K)the ministry of death, ^(L)written and engraved on stones, was glorious, ^(M)so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, ⁸ how will ^(N)the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? ⁹ For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry ^(O)of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. ¹⁰ For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. ¹¹ For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.

¹² Therefore, since we have such hope, ^(P)we use great boldness of speech— ¹³ unlike Moses, ^(Q)who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at ^(R)the end of what was passing away. ¹⁴ But ^(S)their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. ¹⁵ But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. ¹⁶ Nevertheless ^(T)when one turns to the Lord, ^(U)the veil is taken away.