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   <v n='1'>Do we <s n="756">begin</s> <s n="3825">again</s> to <s n="4921">commend</s> <s n="1438">ourselves</s>? <s n="1508">or</s> <s n="5535">need</s> we, <s n="5613">as</s> <s n="5100">some</s> others, <s n="1992">epistles</s> of <s n="4956">commendation</s> <s n="4314">to</s> <s n="5209">you</s>, <s n="2228">or</s> letters of <s n="4956">commendation</s> <s n="1537">from</s> <s n="5216">you</s>? </v>
   <v n='2'><s n="5210">Ye</s> <s n="2075">are</s> <s n="2257">our</s> <s n="1992">epistle</s> <s n="1449">written</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="2257">our</s> <s n="2588">hearts</s>, <s n="1097">known</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="314">read</s> <s n="5259">of</s> <s n="3956">all</s> <s n="444">men</s>: </v>
   <v n='3'> Forasmuch as ye are manifestly <s n="5319">declared</s> <s n="*3754">to</s> <s n="2075">be</s> the <s n="1992">epistle</s> of <s n="5547">Christ</s> <s n="1247">ministered</s> <s n="5259">by</s> <s n="2257">us</s>, <s n="1449">written</s> <s n="3756">not</s> with <s n="3188">ink</s>, <s n="235">but</s> with the <s n="4151">Spirit</s> of the <s n="2198">living</s> <s n="2316">God</s>; <s n="3756">not</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="4109">tables</s> of <s n="3035">stone</s>, <s n="235">but</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="4560">fleshy</s> <s n="4109">tables</s> of the <s n="2588">heart</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'><s n="1161">And</s> <s n="5108">such</s> <s n="4006">trust</s> <s n="2192">have</s> we <s n="1223">through</s> <s n="5547">Christ</s> <s n="4314">to</s> <s n="2316">God</s> -ward: </v>
   <v n='5'><s n="3756">Not</s> <s n="3754">that</s> we <s n="2070">are</s> <s n="2425">sufficient</s> <s n="575">of</s> <s n="1438">ourselves</s> to <s n="3049">think</s> any <s n="5100">thing</s> <s n="5613">as</s> <s n="1537">of</s> <s n="1438">ourselves</s>; <s n="235">but</s> <s n="2257">our</s> <s n="2426">sufficiency</s> is <s n="1537">of</s> <s n="2316">God</s>; </v>
   <v n='6'><s n="3739">Who</s> <s n="2532">also</s> hath made us <s n="2427 2248">able</s> <s n="1249">ministers</s> of the <s n="2537">new</s> <s n="1242">testament</s>; <s n="3756">not</s> of the <s n="1121">letter</s>, <s n="235">but</s> of the <s n="4151">spirit</s>: <s n="1063">for</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1121">letter</s> <s n="615">killeth</s>, <s n="1161">but</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4151">spirit</s> giveth <s n="2227">life</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'><s n="1161">But</s> <s n="1487">if</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1248">ministration</s> of <s n="2288">death</s>, <s n="1722 1121">written</s> and <s n="1795">engraven</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="3037">stones</s>, <s n="1096">was</s> <s n="1722 1391">glorious</s>, so <s n="5620">that</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="5207">children</s> of <s n="2474">Israel</s> <s n="1410">could</s> <s n="3361">not</s> <s n="816">steadfastly</s> <s n="*1519">behold</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4383">face</s> of <s n="3475">Moses</s> <s n="1223">for</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1391">glory</s> of <s n="846">his</s> <s n="4383">countenance</s>; which glory was to be done <s n="2673">away</s>: </v>
   <v n='8'><s n="4459">How</s> shall <s n="3780">not</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1248">ministration</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4151">spirit</s> <s n="2071">be</s> <s n="3123">rather</s> <s n="1722 1391">glorious</s>? </v>
   <v n='9'><s n="1063">For</s> <s n="1487">if</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1248">ministration</s> of <s n="2633">condemnation</s> be <s n="1391">glory</s>, <s n="4183">much</s> <s n="3123">more</s> doth <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1248">ministration</s> of <s n="1343">righteousness</s> <s n="4052">exceed</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="1391">glory</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'><s n="1063">For</s> <s n="2532">even</s> that which was made <s n="1392">glorious</s> had no <s n="1392 3761">glory</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="5129">this</s> <s n="3313">respect</s>, by reason <s n="1752">of</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1391">glory</s> that <s n="5235">excelleth</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'><s n="1063">For</s> <s n="1487">if</s> that which is done <s n="2673">away</s> was <s n="1223 1391">glorious</s>, <s n="4183">much</s> <s n="3123">more</s> that which <s n="3306">remaineth</s> is <s n="1722 1391">glorious</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'>Seeing <s n="3767">then</s> that we <s n="2192">have</s> <s n="5108">such</s> <s n="1680">hope</s>, we <s n="5530">use</s> <s n="4183">great</s> plainness of <s n="3954">speech</s>: </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="2532">And</s> <s n="3756">not</s> <s n="2509">as</s> <s n="3475">Moses</s>, which <s n="5087">put</s> a <s n="2571">veil</s> <s n="1909">over</s> <s n="1438">his</s> <s n="4383">face</s>, that <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="5207">children</s> of <s n="2474">Israel</s> could <s n="3361">not</s> steadfastly <s n="816">look</s> <s n="1519">to</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="5056">end</s> of that which is <s n="2673">abolished</s>: </v>
   <v n='14'><s n="235">But</s> <s n="846">their</s> <s n="3540">minds</s> were <s n="4456">blinded</s>: <s n="1063">for</s> <s n="891">until</s> this <s n="4594">day</s> <s n="3306">remaineth</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="846">same</s> <s n="2571">veil</s> untaken <s n="343 3361">away</s> <s n="1909">in</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="320">reading</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3820">old</s> <s n="1242">testament</s>; <s n="3748">which</s> veil is done <s n="2673">away</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
   <v n='15'><s n="235">But</s> even <s n="2193">unto</s> this <s n="4594">day</s>, <s n="2259">when</s> <s n="3475">Moses</s> is <s n="314">read</s>, the <s n="2571">veil</s> <s n="2749">is</s> <s n="1909">upon</s> <s n="846">their</s> <s n="2588">heart</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'><s n="1161">Nevertheless</s> <s n="2259 302">when</s> it shall <s n="1994">turn</s> <s n="4314">to</s> the <s n="2962">Lord</s>, <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2571">veil</s> shall be taken <s n="4014">away</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'><s n="1161">Now</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2962">Lord</s> <s n="2076">is</s> that <s n="4151">Spirit</s>: <s n="1161">and</s> <s n="3757">where</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4151">Spirit</s> of the <s n="2962">Lord</s> is, <s n="1563">there</s> is <s n="1657">liberty</s>. </v>
   <v n='18'><s n="1161">But</s> <s n="2249">we</s> <s n="3956">all</s>, with <s n="343">open</s> <s n="4383">face</s> beholding as in a <s n="2734">glass</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1391">glory</s> of the <s n="2962">Lord</s>, are <s n="3339">changed</s> into <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="846">same</s> <s n="1504">image</s> <s n="575">from</s> <s n="1391">glory</s> <s n="1519">to</s> <s n="1391">glory</s>, even <s n="2509">as</s> <s n="575">by</s> the <s n="4151">Spirit</s> of the <s n="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
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