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1 ¿Otra vez comenzamos a recomendarnos a nosotros mismos? ¿O necesitamos, como algunos, cartas de recomendación para ustedes, o de ustedes? 2 Nuestra carta son ustedes, la cual fue escrita en nuestros corazones, conocida y leída por todos los hombres. 3 Porque es manifiesto que [ustedes] son una carta de Cristo encomendada a nosotros, no escrita con tinta, sino con el Espíritu del Dios viviente, no en tablas de piedra, sino en tablas de corazones humanos. 4 Tal confianza tenemos con Dios por medio de Cristo. 5 No [digo] que somos suficientes nosotros mismos para que consideremos que algo [procede] de nosotros. Pero nuestra suficiencia es de Dios. 6 Él también nos hizo ministros del Nuevo Pacto, no de la letra, sino del Espíritu. Porque [la] letra mata, pero el Espíritu da vida. 7 Si el ministerio de muerte grabado con letras en piedras tuvo resplandor, tanto que los hijos de Israel no podían fijar la vista en el rostro de Moisés a causa de su resplandor, el cual se desvanecería, 8 ¿cómo no será con más resplandor el ministerio del Espíritu? 9 Porque si en el ministerio de la condenación hay resplandor, hay mucho más abundante resplandor en el ministerio de la justicia. 10 Pues lo que fue esplendoroso ya no lo es, a causa del esplendor que lo sobrepasa. 11 Porque si la ley que es abolida fue dada por medio de esplendor, mucho más lo que permanece en esplendor. 12 Así que, por cuanto tenemos tal esperanza, nos atrevemos a hablar con mucha franqueza, 13 no como Moisés, quien colocaba [el] velo sobre su cara para que los hijos de Israel no fijaran los ojos en lo que sería abolido. 14 Pero los pensamientos de [los hijos de Israel] fueron endurecidos, porque hasta el día de hoy, sobre la lectura del Antiguo Pacto permanece el mismo velo no descorrido, que es anulado por Cristo. 15 Hasta hoy, cuando Moisés es leído, [el] velo es puesto sobre el corazón de ellos. 16 Sin embargo, cuando vuelva al Señor, el velo será quitado. 17 Porque el Señor es el Espíritu, y donde está el Espíritu del Señor hay libertad. 18 Pero todos nosotros, quienes contemplamos la gloria del Señor con cara descubierta, como en un espejo, somos transformados de resplandor en resplandor en la misma imagen por [el] Espíritu del Señor.

Cross references (18)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 5:12; Acts 18:27; 1 Corinthians 16:3
  2. 2 1 Corinthians 9:1–2; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; Romans 1:8; Philippians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 7:3
  3. 3 Ezekiel 11:19; Jeremiah 31:33; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16; Psalm 40:8
  4. 4 Philippians 1:6; Ephesians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; Exodus 18:19; 2 Corinthians 2:14
  5. 5 2 Corinthians 12:9; Philippians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Philippians 2:13; John 15:5
  6. 6 John 6:63; Romans 7:6; Romans 8:2; Jeremiah 31:31; Hebrews 8:6–10
  7. 7 2 Corinthians 3:9–11; Romans 10:4; Exodus 31:18; 1 Corinthians 13:10; 2 Corinthians 3:3
  8. 8 1 Corinthians 3:16; Ephesians 2:18; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Joel 2:28–29
  9. 9 Hebrews 12:18–21; Romans 3:21–22; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 2 Corinthians 3:6–7; 1 Corinthians 15:41
  10. 10 2 Peter 1:17; Haggai 2:7–9; Revelation 22:5; Job 25:5; Acts 26:13
  11. 11 Romans 5:20–21; Hebrews 8:13; Hebrews 7:21–25; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 3:6–7
  12. 12 2 Corinthians 7:4; Ephesians 6:19–20; Philippians 1:20; Acts 4:13; John 16:29
  13. 13 Exodus 34:33–35; Ephesians 2:14–15; Colossians 2:17; Hebrews 10:1–9; 2 Corinthians 3:7
  14. 14 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; Acts 26:18; Romans 11:25; Ephesians 1:17–20; Romans 11:7–10
  15. 15 Acts 13:27–29
  16. 16 Exodus 34:34; Isaiah 25:7; Isaiah 29:18; John 6:45–46; Romans 11:23
  17. 17 Romans 8:2; John 8:32; Galatians 5:13; Galatians 4:6; Galatians 5:1
  18. 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

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 3:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Second Corinthians (Homily VI)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 3:3 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book V, Preface)

    … 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 …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 3:6 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VI, Chapters IV–VI)

    … 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)

  4. Quotes verse 3:3 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily I)

    … 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)

  5. Quotes verse 3:14 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XV)

    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)