2 Corinthians 3:1
Do we begin again to show you who we are? Or do we, like others, need that letters recommendatory of us should be written to you? Or, that ye should write recommendations of us?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2Ye are our epistle, written on our hearts, and known and read by every man.
Cross References
Acts 18:27And when he was disposed to go to Achaia, the brethren anticipated him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. And, by going, through grace, he greatly assisted all them that believed.
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have a myriad of teachers in Messiah, yet not many fathers; for in Jesus Messiah, I have begotten you by preaching.
1 Corinthians 16:3And when I come, those whom ye shall select, I will send with a letter, to carry your bounty to Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 5:12We do not again laud ourselves to you; but we give you occasion to glory in us, to them who glory in appearance and not in heart.
2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not value, or compare ourselves, with those who vaunt: but they, because they compare themselves with themselves, are not wise.
2 Corinthians 12:19Do ye again suppose, that we would apologize to you? Before God, in the Messiah we speak: and all these things, my beloved, are for the sake of your edification.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:1
The apostle makes an apology for his seeming to commend himself, and is careful not to assume too much to himself, but to ascribe all praise unto God, ver. 1-5 . He then draws a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, and shows the excellency of the later above the former ( ver. 6-11 ), whence he infers what is the duty of gospel ministers, and the advantage of those who live under the gospel above those who lived under the law, ver. 12, to the end . Read the whole commentary →