고린도후서 3

1우리가 다시 자천하기를 시작하겠느냐 우리가 어찌 어떤 사람처럼 천거서를 너희에게 부치거나 혹 너희에게 맡거나 할 필요가 있느냐 2너희가 우리의 편지라 우리 마음에 썼고 뭇 사람이 알고 읽는 바라 3너희는 우리로 말미암아 나타난 그리스도의 편지니 이는 먹으로 쓴 것이 아니요 오직 살아 계신 하나님의 영으로 한 것이며 또 돌비에 쓴 것이 아니요 오직 육의 심비에 한 것이라 4우리가 그리스도로 말미암아 하나님을 향하여 이같은 확신이 있으니 5우리가 무슨 일이든지 우리에게서 난 것 같이 생각하여 스스로 만족할 것이 아니니 우리의 만족은 오직 하나님께로서 났느니라 6저가 또 우리로 새 언약의 일꾼 되기에 만족케 하셨으니 의문으로 하지 아니하고 오직 영으로 함이니 의문은 죽이는 것이요 영은 살리는 것임이니라 7돌에 써서 새긴 죽게 하는 의문의 직분도 영광이 있어 이스라엘 자손들이 모세의 얼굴의 없어질 영광을 인하여 그 얼굴을 주목하지 못하였거든 8하물며 영의 직분이 더욱 영광이 있지 아니하겠느냐 9정죄의 직분도 영광이 있은즉 의의 직분은 영광이 더욱 넘치리라 10영광되었던 것이 더 큰 영광을 인하여 이에 영광될 것이 없으나 11없어질 것도 영광으로 말미암았은즉 길이 있을 것은 더욱 영광 가운데 있느니라 12우리가 이같은 소망이 있으므로 담대히 말하노니 13우리는 모세가 이스라엘 자손들로 장차 없어질 것의 결국을 주목치 못하게 하려고 수건을 그 얼굴에 쓴 것 같이 아니하노라 14그러나 저희 마음이 완고하여 오늘까지라도 구약을 읽을 때에 그 수건이 오히려 벗어지지 아니하고 있으니 그 수건은 그리스도 안에서 없어질 것이라 15오늘까지 모세의 글을 읽을 때에 수건이 오히려 그 마음을 덮었도다 16그러나 언제든지 주께로 돌아가면 그 수건이 벗어지리라 17주는 영이시니 주의 영이 계신 곳에는 자유함이 있느니라 18우리가 다 수건을 벗은 얼굴로 거울을 보는 것 같이 주의 영광을 보매 저와 같은 형상으로 화하여 영광으로 영광에 이르니 곧 주의 영으로 말미암음이니라

1Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3being 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. 4Such confidence we have through Christ toward God; 5not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 6who 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. 7But 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: 8won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory? 9For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 10For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. 11For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. 12Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, 13and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away. 14But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. 15But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

1Beginnen wij onszelven wederom u aan te prijzen? Of behoeven wij ook, gelijk sommigen, brieven van voorschrijving aan u, of brieven van voorschrijving van u? 2Gijlieden zijt onze brief, geschreven in onze harten, bekend en gelezen van alle mensen; 3Als die openbaar zijt geworden, dat gij een brief van Christus zijt, en door onzen dienst bereid, die geschreven is niet met inkt, maar door den Geest des levenden Gods, niet in stenen tafelen, maar in vlezen tafelen des harten. 4En zodanig een vertrouwen hebben wij door Christus bij God. 5Niet dat wij van onszelven bekwaam zijn iets te denken, als uit onszelven; maar onze bekwaamheid is uit God; 6Die ons ook bekwaam gemaakt heeft, om te zijn dienaars des Nieuwen Testaments, niet der letter, maar des Geestes; want de letter doodt, maar de Geest maakt levend. 7En indien de bediening des doods in letteren bestaande, en in stenen ingedrukt, in heerlijkheid is geweest, alzo dat de kinderen Israels het aangezicht van Mozes niet konden sterk aanzien, om de heerlijkheid zijns aangezichts, die te niet gedaan zou worden, 8Hoe zal niet veel meer de bediening des Geestes in heerlijkheid zijn? 9Want indien de bediening der verdoemenis heerlijkheid geweest is, veel meer is de bediening der rechtvaardigheid overvloedig in heerlijkheid. 10Want ook het verheerlijkte is zelfs niet verheerlijkt in dezen dele, ten aanzien van deze uitnemende heerlijkheid. 11Want indien hetgeen te niet gedaan wordt, in heerlijkheid was, veel meer is hetgeen blijft, in heerlijkheid. 12Dewijl wij dan zodanige hoop hebben, zo gebruiken wij vele vrijmoedigheid in het spreken; 13En doen niet gelijkerwijs Mozes, die een deksel op zijn aangezicht legde, opdat de kinderen Israels niet zouden sterk zien op het einde van hetgeen te niet gedaan wordt. 14Maar hun zinnen zijn verhard geworden; want tot op den dag van heden blijft hetzelfde deksel in het lezen des Ouden Testaments, zonder ontdekt te worden, hetwelk door Christus te niet gedaan wordt. 15Maar tot den huidigen dag toe, wanneer Mozes gelezen wordt, ligt een deksel op hun hart. 16Doch zo wanneer het tot den Heere zal bekeerd zijn, zo wordt het deksel weggenomen. 17De Heere nu is de Geest; en waar de Geest des Heeren is, aldaar is vrijheid. 18En wij allen, met ongedekten aangezichte de heerlijkheid des Heeren als in een spiegel aanschouwende, worden naar hetzelfde beeld in gedaante veranderd, van heerlijkheid tot heerlijkheid, als van des Heeren Geest.