2 Corinthians 3:2

You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?

3For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:10In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

2 Corinthians 7:3It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

2 Corinthians 12:15And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

1 Thessalonians 1:8For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:2-6

Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. ( a. d. 57.) 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? 2 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… Read the whole commentary →

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