2 Corinthians · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
2 Corinthians 3 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 ¿Comenzamos otra vez a recomendarnos a nosotros mismos? ¿O necesitamos, como algunos, cartas de recomendación para ustedes o de parte de ustedes?
1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
2 Ustedes son nuestra carta, escrita en nuestros corazones, conocida y leída por todos los hombres.
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
3 Es claro que ustedes son carta de Cristo, resultado de nuestro ministerio, escrita no con tinta, sino con el Espíritu del Dios viviente; no en tablas de piedra, sino en corazones humanos.
3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.
4 Esta confianza tenemos delante de Dios por medio de Cristo.
4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God,
5 No es que seamos capaces por nosotros mismos de pensar algo como si viniera de nosotros. Nuestra capacidad viene de Dios.
5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
6 Él nos hizo capaces de ser servidores de un nuevo pacto, no de la letra, sino del Espíritu; porque la letra mata, pero el Espíritu da vida.
6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Si el ministerio de muerte, grabado con letras en piedras, vino con gloria, de modo que los hijos de Israel no podían mirar fijamente el rostro de Moisés por causa de la gloria de su rostro, aunque esa gloria se iba apagando,
7 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away,
8 ¿cuánto más glorioso será el ministerio del Espíritu?
8 won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
9 Porque si el ministerio de condenación tuvo gloria, mucho más abunda en gloria el ministerio de justicia.
9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
10 En realidad, lo que fue glorioso ya no parece glorioso, por causa de la gloria superior.
10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
11 Porque si lo que se iba apagando tuvo gloria, mucho más glorioso será lo que permanece.
11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
12 Así que, teniendo tal esperanza, hablamos con mucha libertad.
12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
13 No somos como Moisés, que ponía un velo sobre su rostro para que los hijos de Israel no miraran fijamente el fin de aquello que se iba apagando.
13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
14 Pero sus mentes fueron endurecidas. Porque hasta el día de hoy, cuando leen el antiguo pacto, el mismo velo permanece sin ser quitado, pues solo en Cristo es quitado.
14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
15 Hasta el día de hoy, cuando se lee a Moisés, el velo está puesto sobre el corazón de ellos.
15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Pero cuando alguien se vuelve al Señor, el velo es quitado.
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Ahora bien, el Señor es el Espíritu; y donde está el Espíritu del Señor, allí hay libertad.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Pero nosotros todos, con el rostro descubierto, contemplando como en un espejo la gloria del Señor, somos transformados en la misma imagen, de gloria en gloria, como por el Señor, el Espíritu.
18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 5:12; Acts 18:27; 1 Corinthians 16:3
- 2 1 Corinthians 9:1–2; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; Romans 1:8; Philippians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 7:3
- 3 Ezekiel 11:19; Jeremiah 31:33; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; Psalm 40:8
- 4 Philippians 1:6; Ephesians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; Exodus 18:19; 2 Corinthians 2:14
- 5 2 Corinthians 12:9; Philippians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Philippians 2:13; John 15:5
- 6 John 6:63; Romans 7:6; Romans 8:2; Jeremiah 31:31; Hebrews 8:6–10
- 7 2 Corinthians 3:9–11; Romans 10:4; Exodus 31:18; 1 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 8 1 Corinthians 3:16; Ephesians 2:18; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Joel 2:28–29
- 9 Hebrews 12:18–21; Romans 3:21–22; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 2 Corinthians 3:6–7; 1 Corinthians 15:41
- 10 2 Peter 1:17; Haggai 2:7–9; Revelation 22:5; Job 25:5; Acts 26:13
- 11 Romans 5:20–21; Hebrews 8:13; Hebrews 7:21–25; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 3:6–7
- 12 2 Corinthians 7:4; Ephesians 6:19–20; Philippians 1:20; Acts 4:13; John 16:29
- 13 Exodus 34:33–35; Ephesians 2:14–15; Colossians 2:17; Hebrews 10:1–9; 2 Corinthians 3:7
- 14 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; Acts 26:18; Romans 11:25; Ephesians 1:17–20; Romans 11:7–10
- 15 Acts 13:27–29
- 16 Exodus 34:34; Isaiah 25:7; Isaiah 29:18; John 6:45–46; Romans 11:23
- 17 Romans 8:2; John 8:32; Galatians 5:13; Galatians 4:6; Galatians 5:1
- 18 2 Corinthians 4:6; Ephesians 4:22–24; Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 13:12
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What the Fathers said
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He anticipates and puts himself an objection which others would have urged against him, Thou vauntest thyself;' and this though he had before employed so strong a corrective in the expressions, "Who is sufficient for these things?" and, "of sincerity...speak we." (2 Cor. ii. 16, 17.) Howbeit he is not satisfied with these. For such is his character.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)
… hold on the flesh, he says in the same Epistle, "That ye are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, inscribed not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart." If, therefore, in the present time, fleshly hearts are made partakers of the Spirit, what …
… before, when I censured Thy holy ones for so thinking, whereas in truth they thought not so; and with delight I heard Ambrose, in his sermons to the people, oftentimes most diligently recommend this text as a rule,--"The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life;" whilst, drawing aside the mystic veil, he spiritually laid open that which, accepted according to …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… their mind, and in their heart I will write them," and, "they shall be all taught of God." And Paul too, pointing out the same superiority, said, that they had received a law "not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." But since in process of time they made shipwreck, some with regard to doctrines, others …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For until this day...when Moses is read, a vail lieth upon their heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)