2 Corinthians 3:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ making it obvious that you are a letter of Messiah, served by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living Elohim, not on tablets of stone but on fleshly tablets of the heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ You show and make obvious that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, not written with ink but with [the] Spirit of [the] living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. [Exod. 24:12; 31:18; 32:15, 16; Jer. 31:33.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in tables that are hearts of flesh.

Common English Bible

³ You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered by us. You weren’t written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You weren’t written on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ It has been made manifest that you are the Epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written down, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on tablets of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.

2 Corinthians 3:3 Cross References

Psalm 40:8

I have delighted to do Your pleasure, O my Elohim, And Your Torah is within my heart.”

Psalm 42:2

My being thirsts for Elohim, for the living Ě

Psalm 84:2

My being has longed, and even fainted, For the courts of יהוה ; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living Ě

Exodus 24:12

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there, while I give you tablets of stone, and the Torah and the command which I have written, to teach them.”

Exodus 31:18

And when He had ended speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Mosheh two tablets of the Witness, tablets of stone, written with the finger of Elohim.

Exodus 32:15

And Mosheh turned and went down from the mountain, and in his hand were the two tablets of the Witness, tablets written on both their sides, written on the one and on the other.

Exodus 34:1

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I shall write on these tablets the Words that were on the first tablets which you broke.

Proverbs 3:3

Let not kindness and truth forsake you – Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,

Proverbs 7:3

Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Jeremiah 10:10

But יהוה  is truly Elohim. He is the living Elohim and the everlasting Sovereign. At His wrath the earth shakes, and nations are unable to stand His displeasure.

Jeremiah 17:1

“The sin of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 31:33

“For this is the covenant I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 11:19

“And I shall give them one heart, and put a new spirit within you. And I shall take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

Daniel 6:26

“From before me is made a decree that throughout every rule of my reign men are to tremble and fear before the Elah of Dani’ĕ

Matthew 16:16

And Shimʽ

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos, and what is Sha’ul, but servants through whom you believed, as the Master assigned to each?

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also made us competent as servants of a renewed covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit, for the letter kills but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:7

But if the administering of death in letters, engraved on stones, was esteemed, so that the children of Yisra’ĕ

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what union has the Dwelling Place of Elohim with idols? For you are a Dwelling Place of the living Elohim, as Elohim has said, “I shall dwell in them and walk among them, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.”

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report what kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to Elohim from idols, to serve the living and true Elohim,

Hebrews 10:16

“This is the covenant that I shall make with them after those days, says יהוה, giving My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I shall write them,”

Hebrews 8:10

“Because this is the covenant that I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕ

Hebrews 9:14

how much more shall the blood of the Messiah, who through the everlasting Spirit offered Himself unblemished to Elohim, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim?

Joshua 3:10

And Yehoshua said, “By this you shall know that the living Ě

Revelation 2:1

“To the messenger of the assembly of Ephesos write, ‘He who is holding the seven stars in His right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven golden lampstands, says this:

Revelation 2:12

“And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write, ‘He who has the sharp two-edged sword, says this:

Revelation 2:18

“And to the messenger of the assembly in Thyatira write, ‘This says the Son of Elohim, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like burnished brass:

Revelation 2:8

“And to the messenger of the assembly in Smurna write, ‘This says the First and the Last, who became dead, and came to life:

Revelation 3:1

“And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write, ‘He who has the seven Spirits of Elohim and the seven stars, says this, “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 3:14

“And to the messenger of the assembly in Laodikeia write, ‘The Amĕ

Revelation 3:22

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.” ’ ”

Revelation 3:7

“And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write, ‘He who is set-apart, He who is true, He who has the key of Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 17:26

And Dawiḏ