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**Do we** , &c. = Are we to begin.
**again.** He had done so in [1 Corinthians 9](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/9) .
**commend.** Greek. *sunistano* . See on [Romans 3:5](../../../kjv/romans/3/5) .
**some.** Greek *tines.* App-124 .
**epistles** , &c. = commendatory (Greek. *sustatikos* . Only here) letters. Compare [Acts 18:27](../../../kjv/acts/18/27) .
**to.** Ge. *pros.* App-104 ,
**from.** Greek. *ek.* App-104 . Question preceded by me.

**written** . Cr. *engrapho.* Only here and [2 Corinthians 3:3](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/3) .
**in.** Greek. *en* , App-104 .
**known.** Greek *ginosko.* App-132 .
**read.** Greek *anaginosko.* There is a *Paronomasia* here, App-6 .
**of** = by. Greek. *hupo* . App-104 .
**men** . App-123 .

**manifestly declared** = manifested. Greek. *phaneroo.* App-106 .
**Christ** . App-08 .
**ministered** . Greek *diakaneo.* App-190 .
**by.** Greek. *hupo* , as in [2 Corinthians 3:2](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/2) .
**not** . Greek. *ou* . App-105 .
**with.** No Preposition. Dative case.
**ink.** Greek. *melan.* Only here, 2Jn 1:12 . [3 John 1:13](../../../kjv/3-john/1/13) .
**Spirit.** App-101 .
**God.** App-98 .
**tables of stone** = stone tables.
**tables** . Greek. *plax.* Only here and [Hebrews 9:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/4) .
**fleshy** . Greek. *sarkinos.* This word refers to the substance or material and carries no moral significance. Compare [Hebrews 7:16](../../../kjv/hebrews/7/16) , where the texts read as here.

**trust** = confidence. Greek. *pepoithesis* . App-130 .,
**through** . Greek. *dia.* App-104 .
**Christ** = the Christ.
**to God-ward** = toward *(Greek. pros.* App-104 .)
**God.**

**of** = from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 .
**think** = reckon. Greek *logizomai.* See the frequent occurance in [Romans 4](../../../kjv/romans/4) , count, reckon, &c.
**any thing** . Greek. *tis* . App-123 .,
**of.** Greek. *ek* . App-101 .
**sufficiency** . Greek. *hikanotes.* Only here.
**of** . Greek. *ek* , as above.

**also.** Road after "ministers".
**hath made us able** = enabled us, or made us efficient as. Greek. *hikanoo.* Only here and [Colossians 1:12](../../../kjv/colossians/1/12) .
**ministers.** Greek. *diakonos* . App-190 .
**the** = a.
**new.** Greek. *kainos* . See [Matthew 9:17](../../../kjv/matthew/9/17) .
**testament** = covenant. Greek. *diatheke.* See [Matthew 26:28](../../../kjv/matthew/26/28) . This is the covenant of [Jeremiah 31:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/31) . Compare [Hebrews 8:6-13](../../../kjv/hebrews/8/6-13) .
**the.** Omit.
**letter.** Greek. *gramma.* This is the Sinaitic covenant, called "theministration of death" in [2 Corinthians 3:7](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/7) .
**spirit** . The old covenant could not give life. It was like a dead body, for lack of the spirit ([James 2:26](../../../kjv/james/2/26) ). Compare [John 6:63](../../../kjv/john/6/63) . Christ is the Spirit of the new covenant. See [2 Corinthians 3:17](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/17) ,
**giveth life** = quickeneth. Greek. *zoopoieo.* See [Romans 8:11](../../../kjv/romans/8/11) and [1 Corinthians 15:45](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/45) .

**if** . App-118 .2, a.
**ministration** . Greek. diakonia. App-190 .
**written** = in (Greek. *en* . App-104 .) letters. See [2 Corinthians 3:6](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/6) .
**engraven.** Greek. *entupoo.* Only here.
**was** = came to be.
**glorious** = in (Greek. *en)* glory.
**children** = sons. Greek. *huios* . App-108 .
**not.** Greek. *me* . App-106 .
**stedfastly behold** gaze upon. Greek. *atenizo.* App-133 . Followed by the Greek *eis* ( App-104 .)
**Moses** . Occurs three times in this Epistle, here, on 2Co 13:15 .
**for** = on amount of. Greek. *dia.* App-104 . [2 Corinthians 3:2](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/2) .
**to be done away** = being done away. Greek. *katargeo. See* [Romans 3:3](../../../kjv/romans/3/3) .

**not.** Greek. *ouchi.* App-105 .

**condemnation.** Greek. *katakrisis.* Only here and [2 Corinthians 7:3](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/7/3) . See App-122 .
**righteousness** . Gs. *dikaiosune.* App-191 .

**made glorious** = glorified. Greek. *doxazo.* See p. 1511.
**had no glory** = was not glorified, as above.
**excelleth** . Greek. *huperballo.* Occurs here, [2 Corinthians 9:14](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/9/14) , [Ephesians 1:19](../../../kjv/ephesians/1/19) ; [Ephesians 2:7](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/7) ; [Ephesians 3:19](../../../kjv/ephesians/3/19) .

**glorious** = through (Greek. *dia.* App-104 . [2 Corinthians 3:1](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/1) ) glory.
**remaineth** . Greek. *meno.* See p. 1511.
**glorious** = in (Greek. *en)* glory.

**Seeing . . . have** = Having then.
**use.** Greek *chraomai.* See [Acts 27:3](../../../kjv/acts/27/3) ,
**great** = much.
**plainness of speech** = outspokenness. Greek. *parrhesia* . Often translated boldly, or freely.

**vail.** Greek *kalununa.* Only here and in verses: 2Co 3:14 , [2 Corinthians 3:15](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/15) , [2 Corinthians 3:16](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/16) .
**over** = upon. Greek. *epi.* App-104 . See [Exodus 34:33](../../../kjv/exodus/34/33) .
**that** , &c. = with a view to (Greek. *pros* . App-104 .) the children of Israel's not gazing to the end.
**to.** Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**abolished** = being done away, as in [2 Corinthians 3:7](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/7) .

**minds** = thoughts. Greek. *noema.* See [2 Corinthians 2:11](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/2/11) .
**blinded** = hardened. Greek. *poroo.* Sea [Romans 11:7](../../../kjv/romans/11/7) , [Romans 11:26](../../../kjv/romans/11/26) *(poroeis).*
**this day** = to-day. Greek. *semeron.*
**untaken away** = not (Greek. *me* . App-105 ) unveiled, or revealed (Greek. *anakalupto* , unveil, only here and [2 Corinthians 3:18](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/18) ). This should follow "old testament". It means, "it being not revealed that it is done away" (Revised Version m.)
**in** . Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**reading.** Greek. *anagnosis* . See [Acts 13:15](../../../kjv/acts/13/15) .
**old testament** = old covenant. The only place where the term is used. The usual designation is "the law", or "Moses" ([2 Corinthians 3:15](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/15) ).
**which** ***vail*** *=* that (Greek. *hoti)* it.

**when.** Greek. *henika.* Only here and [2 Corinthians 3:16](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/16) .
**is** = lieth.
**upon** . Greek. *epi.* App-104 .

**it.** i.e. the heart of Israel.
**turn.** Greek. *epistrepho.* Often translated "return", or be converted". See [Matthew 13:15](../../../kjv/matthew/13/15) .[John 12:40](../../../kjv/john/12/40) . [Acts 3:19](../../../kjv/acts/3/19) ; [Acts 28:27](../../../kjv/acts/28/27) .
**Lord.** App-98 .
**taken away.** Greek *periaireo.* See [Acts 27:20](../../../kjv/acts/27/20) .

**Lord** . App-98 .
**that** = the.
**Spirit.** App-101 . Compare [2 Corinthians 3:6](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/6) .

**open** = unveiled. See [2 Corinthians 3:14](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/14) . Here is the contrast. Moses alone beheld and reflected the Shekinah glory, we all behold and reflect the Lord's glory.
**beholding . . . glass** = reflecting, as Revised Version. Greek. *katoptrizo.* Only here.
**changed** = transformed. Greek. *metamorphoomai.* See [Mark 9:2](../../../kjv/mark/9/2) .
**image** . Greek. *eiken.* Compare [Romans 8:29](../../../kjv/romans/8/29) . Co [2 Corinthians 1:3](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/1/3) , [2 Corinthians 1:10](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/1/10) . . Greek. *apo* . App-104 .
**by** = from, Greek. *apo* .
**the Spirit of the Lord** = the Lord the Spirit. The word "Spirit" is in the Genitive of Apposition. App-17 . See [2 Corinthians 3:6](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/6) .

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