Remembering When Moses Spoke with God & His Face Shone Brightly |
2 Corinthians 3:1-18 Paul's 2nd Epistle to the Corinthians [in Smaller Chunks] |
Do we begin to commend, [a.k.a. recommend,] ourselves again? Or [do] we need, [like] some others, epistles, [a.k.a. letters,] of [recommendation] to you, or letters of [recommendation] from you? |
You are our [letter,] written in our hearts, known & read [by] all men. [Since, like] you are [openly] declared to be the [letter] of Christ, ministered, [a.k.a. preached,] by us, not written with ink, but [written] with the Spirit of the Living God. [Written] not [on tablets] of stone, but [on] the fleshy [tablets within] the heart. |
And such [as] we have trust through Christ [toward] God. Not that we are sufficient, [a.k.a. able,] [within] ourselves to think [& do] anything [from] ourselves. But our sufficiency, [a.k.a. ability,] is [from] God. Who [has] also made us able ministers of the New Testament. Not of the Letter [of the Law of Moses,] but of the Spirit. For the Letter [of the Law] kills, but the Spirit [gives] life. |
[Galatians 3:9-13 So, then [those, who] are of faith, are blessed [along] with faithful Abraham. For as many [who] are of the works, [deeds,] of the Law, are under the curse. For it is written, Cursed is everyone [who doesn't continue] to do all [the] things, [that] are written in the Book of the Law. But it is evident that no man is justified in the sight of God by the Law. For [it is written in the Scriptures,] The just shall live by faith. And the Law isn't [about] faith; but, The man, [who does] them shall live [by] them. Christ [has] redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us. For it is written [in the Scriptures,] Everyone, [Who] hangs on a tree is cursed.] |
But if the [preaching about] death [is] written & [engraved] in stones was, so glorious, that the children [a.k.a. people,] of Israel couldn't [look directly] [at] the face of Moses, [because] [of] the glory of his countenance. |
[Exodus 34:29-30 And it [happened] when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the 2 [tablets] of Testimony, [a.k.a. the 10 Commandments,] in Moses' hand, & Moses [didn't know] when he came down from the mount, that the skin of his face shone while [God] talked with him. And when Aaron, & all the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel saw the skin of [Moses'] face shone; & they were afraid to come [near] him.] |
[This] glory was to be done away [with.] [Exodus 34:33-35 And [until] Moses had [finished] speaking with them, he put a [veil] on his face. But when Moses went in [front of] the Lord to speak with Him, he took the [veil] off, until he came out. And he came out, & [spoke] to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, [what] he was commanded.] |
[Shouldn't] the [preaching] of the [Holy] Spirit [also] be rather glorious? For if the [preaching about] condemnation [is] glory, the [preaching about] righteousness [exceeds] much more in glory. |
For even [what] was made glorious, [didn't have] glory in this respect, [because] of the glory [of Jesus Christ,] [which excels] [that glory.] For if [what was] done away [with,] was glorious, that which [remains] is much more glorious. |
[Since] then, we [who] have such hope, we use [bold, easy to understand] speech. Not [like] Moses, [who] put a veil over his face, [so] that the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, [who] couldn't look [steadily] [at his face, & see] the end of [what] is abolished. |
But their minds were blinded. For until this day, the same [veil remains not taken] away, [through] the reading of the Old Testament. [But] [this veil] is [taken] away [by faith] in Christ. |
But even to this day, when [they] read [about] Moses, the [veil] is [still] upon their [hearts.] [However,] when [their heart] shall [return] to the Lord, the [veil] shall be taken away. Now, the Lord is that Spirit; & where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, [a.k.a. freedom.] |
[Galatians 5:1 Therefore, stand fast, [a.k.a. tight or firm,] in the liberty, [a.k.a. freedom, with which] Christ [has] made us free, & not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage.] |
But all we, with open [faces, like looking] in a glass, [a.k.a. mirror,] [& seeing] the glory of the Lord, & [we] are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even [like] by the [Holy] Spirit of the Lord. |