2 Corinthians 3:3

God's Word

It’s clear that you are Christ’s letter, written as a result of our ministry. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, a letter written not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Cross References

Psalm 40:8

I am happy to do your will, O my God.” Your teachings are deep within me.

Psalm 42:2

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When may I come to see God’s face?

Psalm 84:2

My soul longs and yearns for the Lord’s courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.

Exodus 24:12

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the teachings and the commandments I have written for the people’s instruction.”

Exodus 31:18

The Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai. Then he gave him the two tablets with his words on them, stone tablets inscribed by God himself.

Exodus 32:15

Moses turned and went down the mountain carrying the two tablets with God’s words. They were written on both sides, front and back.

Exodus 34:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two ⌞more⌟ stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed.

Proverbs 3:3

Do not let mercy and truth leave you. Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 7:3

Tie them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the only God. He is the living God and eternal king. The earth trembles when he is angry. The nations can’t endure his fury.

Jeremiah 17:1

⌞The Lord says,⌟ “Judah’s sin is written with an iron pen. It is engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the promise that I will make to Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “I will put my teachings inside them, and I will write those teachings on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them a single purpose and put a new spirit in them. I will remove their stubborn hearts and give them obedient hearts.

Daniel 6:26

I decree that in every part of my kingdom people should tremble with terror in front of Daniel’s God, the living God who continues forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed. His power lasts to the end ⌞of time⌟.

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”

1 Corinthians 3:5

Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are servants who helped you come to faith. Each did what the Lord gave him to do.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has also qualified us to be ministers of a new promise, a spiritual promise, not a written one. Clearly, what was written brings death, but the Spirit brings life.

2 Corinthians 3:7

The ministry that brought death was inscribed on stone. Yet, it came with such glory that the people of Israel couldn’t look at Moses’ face. His face was shining with glory, even though that glory was fading.

2 Corinthians 6:16

Can God’s temple contain false gods? Clearly, we are the temple of the living God. As God said, “I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

1 Thessalonians 1:9

They talk about how you welcomed us when we arrived. They even report how you turned away from false gods to serve the real, living God

Hebrews 10:16

“This is the promise  that I will make to them after those days, says the Lord: ‘I will put my teachings in their hearts and write them in their minds.’ ”

Hebrews 8:10

But this is the promise that I will make to Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my teachings inside them, and I will write those teachings on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Hebrews 9:14

The blood of Christ, who had no defect, does even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself to God and cleansed our consciences from the useless things we had done. Now we can serve the living God.

Joshua 3:10

Joshua continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly force the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites out of your way.

Revelation 2:1

“To the messenger of the church in Ephesus, write: The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lamp stands, says:

Revelation 2:12

“To the messenger of the church in Pergamum, write: The one who holds the sharp two-edged sword says:

Revelation 2:18

“To the messenger of the church in Thyatira, write: The Son of God, whose eyes are like flames of fire and whose feet are like glowing bronze, says:

Revelation 2:8

“To the messenger of the church in Smyrna, write: The first and the last, who was dead and became alive, says:

Revelation 3:1

“To the messenger of the church in Sardis, write: The one who has God’s seven spirits and the seven stars says: I know what you have done. You are known for being alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 3:14

“To the messenger of the church in Laodicea, write: The amen, the witness who is faithful and true, the source of God’s creation, says:

Revelation 3:22

Let the person who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Revelation 3:7

“To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia, write: The one who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens ⌞a door⌟ that no one can shut, and who shuts ⌞a door⌟ that no one can open, says:

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and gets rid of Israel’s disgrace? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should challenge the army of the living God?”