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2 Corinthians Chapter 3 : 1-10 - World English Bible [WEB]

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  • 1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
  • 2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
  • 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 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
  • 5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
  • 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 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 won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
  • 9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
  • 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.
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  • 1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or are we like some who need letters of commendation to you, or from you?
  • 2 You yourselves are our letter – a letter written on our hearts, and one which everybody can read and understand.
  • 3 All can see that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.
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  • 4 This, then, is the confidence in regard to God that we have gained through the Christ.
  • 5 I do not mean that we are fit to form any judgment by ourselves, as if on our own authority;
  • 6 our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be assistants of a new covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means death, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 7 If the system of religion which involved death, embodied in a written Law and engraved on stones, began amid such glory, that the Israelites were unable to gaze at the face of Moses because of its glory, though it was but a passing glory,
  • 8 will not the religion that confers the Spirit have still greater glory?
  • 9 For, if there was a glory in the religion that involved condemnation, far greater is the glory of the religion that confers righteousness!
  • 10 Indeed, that which then had glory has lost its glory, because of the glory which surpasses it.
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The book of 2 Corinthians has 13 chapters.
2 Corinthians chapter 3 has 18 verses.



What is the Sinner's Prayer for Salvation?

The sinners prayer is a common Christian term for a prayer that is said when someone wants to repent of their sin, ask God for forgiveness, and verbally state their belief in the life, death, and saving resurrection of Jesus Christ.

"For, if with your lips you acknowledge the truth of the message that JESUS IS LORD, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with their hearts people believe and so attain to righteousness, while with their lips they make their Profession of faith and so find salvation." Romans 10:9-10

Christ's death on the cross paid in full the debt of our sin. Action must be taken to take hold of the gift.

Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and there is nothing that I can do to save myself. I confess my complete helplessness to forgive my own sin or to work my way to heaven through any good works. At this moment I trust Christ alone and receive by faith all Grace purchased by Jesus as the One who bore my sin when He died on the cross. I believe that He did all that will ever be necessary for me to stand in your holy presence. I thank you that Christ was raised from the dead as a guarantee of my own resurrection. As best as I can, I now transfer my trust to Him and by my faith take hold of His grace and love for me. I am grateful that He has promised to receive me despite my many sins and failures. Thank you for your word that will guide me as to how I should live my remaining days. Please grant me the wisdom to discern correctly and motivation to grow my faith, obedience, understanding, appreciation, and love for you. Thank you for your Grace and mercy that I do not deserve. Thank you that my salvation is not based on my level of performance in my short life but in my receiving what your victory on the cross did pay for. Thank you that I can receive by my faith alone, your glorious gift of salvation. Thank you for hearing this prayer and for saving me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.