2 Corinthians 3
A folio of Papyrus 46 (written ca. AD 200), containing 2 Corinthians 11:33–12:9. This manuscript contains almost complete parts of the whole Pauline epistles.
BookSecond Epistle to the Corinthians
CategoryPauline epistles
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part8

2 Corinthians 3 is the third chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy (2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 AD/CE.[1] Biblical commentator Heinrich Meyer emphasises that the use of the plural 'we' in 2 Corinthians 3:2 ("in our hearts") and 2 Corinthians 3:6 ([we are] "ministers of the new covenant") includes Timothy in the writing of the letter.[2]

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 18 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:

Verse 2

You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;[4]

Verse 3

New King James Version

Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.[6]

King James Version

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.[7]

Verse 6

who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.[19]

Verse 17

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.[21]

Verse 18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ MacDonald 2007, p. 1134.
  2. ^ Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (1880). Commentary on the New Testament. Translation by Peter Christie from Meyer's sixth edition. At 2 Corinthians 3.
  3. ^ Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. pp. 107, 109. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  4. ^ 2 Corinthians 3:2: NKJV
  5. ^ John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, 2 Corinthians 3:2
  6. ^ 2 Corinthians 3:3 NKJV
  7. ^ 2 Corinthians 3:3 KJV
  8. ^ a b c d John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, 2 Corinthians 3:3
  9. ^ R. Levi ben Gersom in Pentateuch, fol. 113. 2. Even said that "they were made before the creation of the world" in "Zohar in Exod". fol. 35. 1.
  10. ^ See Gill on 2 Corinthians 3:7
  11. ^ Jarchi. Perush in Exod. xxxi. 18.
  12. ^ Abarbinel, in Pentateuch, fol. 209. 2. & 211. 3.
  13. ^ T. Hieres Shekalim, fol. 49. 4. Shemot Rabba, c. 47. fol. 143. 2. Bartenora in Misn. Pirke Abot, c. 5. sect. 6.
  14. ^ Targum Jon. in Exod. xxxi. 18. & in Deut. xxxiv. 12.
  15. ^ Josephus. Antiquitates. l. 3. c. 5. sect. 8.
  16. ^ Philo. De Decalogo, p. 761, 768.
  17. ^ T. Hieros. Shekalim, fol. 49. 4. Shemot Rabba, sect. 47. fol. 143. 2. Zohar in Exod. fol. 35. 1.
  18. ^ Vid. Targum Jon. in Dent. vi. 5, & in Cant. iv. 9. apud Gill, 2 Corinthians 3:3
  19. ^ 2 Corinthians 3:6 NKJV
  20. ^ John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, 2 Corinthians 3:6
  21. ^ 2 Corinthians 3:17 NKJV
  22. ^ a b MacDonald 2007, p. 1138.
  23. ^ 2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV
  24. ^ Notes [a] on 2 Corinthians 3:18 in NKJV

Sources

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