2 Corinthians 3

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?	1 Must we begin again to commend ourselves? Or are we in need (as some are) of epistles of commendation for you, or from you?
2 You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men:	2 You are our Epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men.
3 Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart.	3 It has been made manifest that you are the Epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written down, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on tablets of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.
4 And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.	4 And we have such faith, through Christ, toward God.
5 Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.	5 It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, as if anything was from us. But our adequacy is from God.
6 Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit. For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.	6 And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious; so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void:	7 But if the ministration of death, engraved with letters upon stones, was in glory, (so much so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze intently upon the face of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance) even though this ministration was ineffective,
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?	8 how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.	9 For if the ministration of condemnation is with glory, so much more is the ministration of justice abundant in glory.
10 For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified, by reason of the glory that excelleth.	10 And neither was it glorified by means of an excellent glory, though it was made illustrious in its own way.
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is in glory.	11 For if even what was temporary has its glory, then what is lasting has an even greater glory.
12 Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence:	12 Therefore, having such a hope, we act with much confidence,
13 And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.	13 and not as Moses did, in placing a veil over his face, so that the sons of Israel would not gaze intently at his face. This was ineffective,
14 But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).	14 for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).
15 But even until this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.	15 But even until today, when Moses is read, a veil is still set over their hearts.
16 But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.	16 But when they will have been converted to the Lord, then the veil shall be taken away.
17 Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.	17 Now the Spirit is Lord. And wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.	18 Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.