2 Corinthians 3:2

Identity and self-worth Witness and mission

¹ Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

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.

⁴ And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
KJV: Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
WEB: You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,
ASV: Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;
DARBY: *Ye* are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men,
BLB: You⁺ are our letter, having been inscribed in our hearts, being known and being read by all men,

ÅB: Dere er vårt brev, innskrevet i våre hjerter, kjent og lest av alle mennesker,
OTB: Dere er vårt brev, innskrevet i våre hjerter, anerkjent og forstått av alle;
B1930: I er vårt brev, innskrevet i våre hjerter, kjent og lest av alle mennesker,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 9:1–2
Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
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1 Thessalonians 1:8
For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
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Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
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Philippians 1:7
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
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2 Corinthians 7:3
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
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2 Corinthians 11:11
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
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2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
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1 Corinthians 3:10
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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