1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Unless we need, as some men, commendatory letters to you or commendatory from you?

2 Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,

3 being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts.

4 And we have such confidence toward God through Christ,

5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

6 who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a spirit, for the document kills but the spirit makes alive.

7 But if the administration of death in writings engraved on stones occurred in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his countenance,

8 how will the administration of the spirit not be more in glory?

9 For if the administration of condemnation has glory, the administration of righteousness excels much more in glory.

10 For also that which has been glorified, has not been glorified in this regard, because of the glory that transcends.

11 For if that which is abolished was through glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

12 Having therefore such a hope we use great boldness,

13 and are not as Moses. He put a veil over his face in order for the sons of Israel not to gaze on the end of the fading.

14 But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ.

15 But to this day when Moses is read, a veil lays upon their heart.

16 But whenever it turns to Lord, the veil is removed.

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of Lord is, there is liberty.

18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing by reflection the glory of Lord, are transformed into the same likeness from glory to glory, just as from the Spirit of Lord.

1 We begyn to prayse oure selves agayne. Nede we as some other of pistles of recommendacion vnto you? or letters of recomendacion from you?

2 Ye are oure pistle written in oure hertes which is vnderstonde and reed of all men

3 in that ye are knowen how that ye are the pistle of Christ ministred by vs and written not with ynke: but with the sprete of the livynge God not in tables of stone but in flesshly tables of ye herte.

4 Suche trust have we thorow Christ to god ward

5 not that we are sufficient of oure selves to thinke enythinge as it were of oure selves: but oure ablenes cometh of God

6 which hath made vs able to minister the newe testamet not of the letter but of the sprete. For the letter kylleth but the sprete geveth lyfe.

7 Yf the ministracion of deeth thorow the letters figured in stones was glorious so yt the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moses for the glory of his countenauce (which glory neverthelesse is done awaye)

8 why shall not the ministracion of the sprete be moche more glorious?

9 For if ye ministringe of condempnacio beglorious: moche more do the the ministracion of rightewesnes excede in glory.

10 For no dout that which was there glorified is not once glorified in respecte of this excedynge glory.

11 Then if that which is destroyed was glorious moche more shall that which remayneth be glorious.

12 Seynge then that we have soche trust we vse gret boldnes

13 and do not as Moses which put a vayle over his face that the children of Israel shuld not se for what purpose that served which is put awaye.

14 But their myndes were blinded. For untill this daye remayneth the same coveringe vntake awaye in the olde testamet when they reade it which in Christ is put awaye.

15 But even vnto this daye when Moses is redde ye vayle hangeth before their hertes.

16 Neverthelesse when they tourne to ye Lorde the vayle shalbe taken awaye.

17 The Lorde no dout is a sprete. And where the sprete of the Lorde is there is libertie.

18 But we all beholde the glorye of the Lorde with his face open and are chaunged vnto the same similitude from glory to glory even of the sprite of the Lorde.