2 Corinthians 3:2

You are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all men;

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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

1(Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or commendation from you?

3you are manifestly a letter of Christ, mediated by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on ‘tablets’ that are hearts of flesh.)

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid a foundation, while another builds on it. But let each one be careful how he builds;

2 Corinthians 7:3I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you are in our hearts, whether to die together or to live together.

2 Corinthians 12:15So I will gladly spend and be spent for the sake of your souls, even if the more I love you the less I am loved.

1 Thessalonians 1:8That is because the Word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia but also in every place —your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we do not 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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