1Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?stylus2 Corinthians 5:12, Acts 18:27, 2 Corinthians 12:11, 2 Corinthians 10:12, 2 Corinthians 5:122You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.stylus1 Corinthians 9:1, 1 Corinthians 9:2, 1 Corinthians 9:1, 1 Corinthians 9:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:83It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.stylusEzekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 11:19, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 31:33, Hebrews 8:104Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.stylusEphesians 3:12, Ephesians 3:12, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 1:6, Exodus 18:195Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.stylus2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 4:13, Philippians 4:13, 1 Corinthians 15:106And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.stylusJohn 6:63, John 6:63, Romans 7:6, Romans 7:6, Jeremiah 31:317Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,stylus2 Corinthians 3:9, 2 Corinthians 3:11, 2 Corinthians 3:9, 2 Corinthians 3:11, 1 Corinthians 13:108will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?stylus1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 3:16, Ephesians 2:18, Galatians 3:14, Ephesians 2:189For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!stylusRomans 3:21, Romans 3:22, Hebrews 12:18, Hebrews 12:21, Romans 3:2110Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.stylus2 Peter 1:17, 2 Peter 1:17, Haggai 2:7, Haggai 2:9, Haggai 2:711For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!stylusHebrews 8:13, Romans 5:20, Romans 5:21, Hebrews 8:13, Romans 5:2012Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.stylus2 Corinthians 7:4, 2 Corinthians 7:4, Acts 4:13, John 16:29, Ephesians 6:1913We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.stylusExodus 34:33, Exodus 34:35, Exodus 34:33, Exodus 34:35, Hebrews 10:114But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.stylus2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Acts 26:1815And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.stylusActs 13:27, Acts 13:29, Acts 13:27, Acts 13:2916But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.stylusExodus 34:34, Exodus 34:34, Isaiah 25:7, Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 25:717Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.stylusRomans 8:2, Romans 8:2, Galatians 5:13, Galatians 5:13, John 8:3218And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.stylus2 Corinthians 4:6, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:24, Ephesians 4:22