2 Corinthians 3:1-4:6

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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*August 9, 2009
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   *2 CORINTHIANS 3:1-4:6*

*E. 3:1-3 “CONVERTS: APOSTOLIC LETTERS OF CREDENTIALS”*

*a. 3:1 PAUL DIDN'T REQUIRE LETTERS OF COMMENDATION*

ArCHOme-tha [756] PAlin he-auTOUS su-nisTAnein [4921]?

*Are we beginning again to commend ourselves?*

*e* m*e* CHR*E*zo-men [5535], H*O*S ti-nes,

*or need we, as do some,*

sus-ta-tiK*O*N [4958] e-pis-toL*O*N [1992] pros huMAS *e* ex huM*O*N?

*epistles of commendation unto you or from you?*


 *b. 3:2-3 CONVERTS WERE PAUL'S LETTERS OF COMMENDATION*

h*e* e-pis-toL*E* h*e*M*O*N huMEIS es-te, en-ge-gramMEn*e* [1449] en tais
karDIais [2558] h*e*M*O*N,

*YOU are our :epistle, written in our :hearts,*

gi-n*o*s-koMEn*e* [1097] kai a-na-gi-n*o*s-koMEn*e* [314] huPO PANt*o*n
anTHR*O*p*o*n;

*known and read of all men;*

pha-neROUme-noi [5319] HOti esTE e-pis-toL*E* ChrisTOU,

*3 being made manifest that you are Christ's Epistle,*

di-a-ko-n*e*THEIsa [1247] huph' h*e*M*O*N, kai en-ge-gramMEn*e* [1449] ou
MEla-ni,

*ministered by us, and written not with ink,*

alLA PNEUma-ti [4151] TheOU Z*O*Ntos [2198];

*but with the living God's Spirit;*

ouk en plaXIN [4109] liTHInais [3035], all' en plaXIN karDIais sarKInais
[4560].

*not in tables of stone, but on tables of hearts of flesh.*



 *F. 3:4-4:6 THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT*

*1. 3:4-6 THE SPIRIT: MAKES MINISTERS OF NEW COVENANT EFFECTIVE!*

PePOIth*e*sin [4006] de toiAUt*e*n Echo-men diA tou ChrisTOU pros ton TheON:

*And such confidence have we through the Christ toward God:*

ouch HOti aph' he-auT*O*N hi-kaNOI es-men,

*5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves,*

lo-GIsasTHAI [3049] ti h*o*s ex he-auT*O*N;

*to account anything as from ourselves;*

all' h*e* hi-kaNOt*e*s h*e*M*O*N ek tou TheOU;

*but our :sufficiency is from :God;*

hos kai hiKAn*o*-sen h*e*MAS di-aKOnous [1249] kaiN*E*S [2537] di-aTH*E*k*e*s
[1242];

*6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant;*

ou GRAMma-tos [1124], alLA PNEUma-tos:

*not of the letter, but of the spirit:*

to gar GRAMma [1121] a-pokTEInei [615], to de PNEUma z*o*-o-poiEI [2226].

*for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.*


 *2. 3:7-11 MINISTRY OF SPIRIT OUTSHINES GLORY OF MOSES!*

*a. 3:7-8 SPIRIT MINISTRATION SURPASSES THAT OF LAW*

Ei de h*e* di-a-koNIa [1248] tou thaNAtou

*But if the ministration of :death*

en GRAMma-sin en-te-tu-p*o*MEn*e* [1795] LIthois e-geN*E*th*e* en DOx*e*
[1391],

*in letters engraven on stones came to be in glory,*

H*O*Ste m*e* DUnas-thai a-teNIsai [816] tous huiOUS [5207] 'Is-ra*E*L

*so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly*

eis to PROs*o*-pon [4383] M*o*-uSE*o*s diA t*e*n DOxan tou proS*O*pou auTOU;

*upon the face of Moses for the glory of his :face;*

t*e*n ka-tar-gouMEn*e*n [2673]:

*which was being done away:*

p*o*s ouCHI MALlon h*e* di-a-koNIa tou PNEUma-tos EStai en DOx*e*​?

*8 how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?*


 *b. 3:9 IT EXCEEDS THE GLORY OF THE LAW*

ei gar h*e* di-a-koNIa t*e*s ka-taKRIse-*o*s [2633] DOxa,

*For if the ministration of :condemnation is glory,*

polL*O* MALlon pe-risSEUei [4052] h*e* di-a-koNIa t*e*s di-kai-oSUn*e*s
[1343] DOx*e*.

*much rather does the ministration of :righteousness exceed in glory.*


 *c. 3:10 IT EVEN SURPASSES GLORY OF LAW IN ALL RESPECTES*

kai gar ou deDOxas-tai [1392] to

*For verily what has been made glorious*

de-do-xasMEnon en TOUt*o* t*o* MErei [3313],

*has not been made glorious in this :part,*

EIne-ken t*e*s hu-per-balLOUs*e*s [5235] DOx*e*s.

*by reason of the surpassing glory.*


 *d. 3:11 THE GLORY OF THE SPIRIT SURPASSES BECAUSE IT IS PERMANENT*

ei gar to ka-tarGOUme-non [2673] diA DOx*e*s,

*For if what was being done away was through glory,*

polL*O* MALlon to MEnon en DOx*e*.

*much more what remains is in glory.*


 *3. 3:12-18 PURPOSE OF SPIRIT: REVEAL CHRIST APART FROM A VEIL*

*a. 3:12-14 CHRIST REMOVES THE VEIL OF MOSES*

Echon-tes oun toiAUt*e*n elPIda [1680], polL*E* par-r*e*SIa [3954] CHR*O*me-tha
[5530],

*Having therefore such hope, we use great boldness,*

kai ou kaTHAper M*o*-uS*E*S eTIthei KAlum-ma [2571] ePI to PROs*o*-pon
auTOU,

*13 and not just as Moses put a veil upon his :face,*

pros to m*e* a-teNIsai [816] tou huiOUS 'Is-ra*E*L

*that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly*

eis to TElos [5056] tou ka-tar-gouMEnou [2673]:

*on the end of what was being done away:*

alLA e-p*o*R*O*th*e* [4456] ta no*E*ma-ta [3540] auT*O*N: ACHri gar t*e*s S*
E*me-ron h*e*MEras

*14 but their thoughts were hardened: for until this very :day*

to auTO KAlum-ma ePI t*e* a-nagN*O*sei [320] t*e*s pa-laiAS [3820] di-aTH*E*
k*e*s [1242] MEnei,

*at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains,*

m*e* a-na-ka-lupTOme-non [343] HOti en ChrisT*O* ka-tarGEItai [2673].

*it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.*


 *b. 3:15 JEWS STILL HAVE MOSES' VEIL ON THEIR HEARTS*

all' HE*o*s S*E*me-ron, h*e*NIka an a-na-giN*O*Sk*e*-tai [314] M*o*-uS*E*S,

*But unto this day, whenever Moses is read,*

KAlum-ma ePI t*e*n karDIan auT*O*N KEItai [2749].

*a veil lies upon their :heart.*


 *c. 3:16 CONVERSION TO CHRIST REMOVES THE VEIL*

h*e*NIka de eAN e-piSTREps*e* pros KUri-on, pe-ri-aiREItai [4014 to
KAlum-ma.

*But whenever one shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.*


 *d. 3:17 THE SPIRIT GIVES LIBERTY FROM THE VEIL*

ho de KUri-os to PNEU-MA es-tin:

*Now the Lord is the Spirit:*

hou de to PNEUma KuRIou, e-leu-theRIa [1657].

*and where the Spirit of the Lord is, is liberty.*


 *e. 3:18 GAZING AT CHRIST'S GLORY - TRANSFORMS!*

huMEIS de PANtes, a-na-ke-ka-lumMEn*o* [343] proS*O*pou [4383]

*But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror*

t*e*n DOxan KuRIou ka-top-triZOme-noi [2734],

*the glory of the Lord,*

t*e*n auT*E*N eiKOna [1504] me-ta-morPHOUme-tha [3339] aPO DOx*e*s eis
DOxan,

*are transformed into the same image from glory to glory,*

kaTHAper aPO KuRIou PNEUma-tos.

*even as from the Lord the Spirit.*


 *4. 4:1-6 ONE PURPOSE OF SPIRIT: TO ENLIGHTEN MINDS*

*a. 4:1-2 A MINISTRY OF TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY*

DiA TOUto Echon-tes t*e*n di-a-ko-NIan [1248] TAUt*e*n,

*Having therefore this :ministry,*

kaTH*O*S *e*le*E*th*e*men [1653], ouk eg-kaKOUmen [1573]:

*even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:*

alLA a-peiPAme-tha [550] ta krupTA [2927] t*e*s aisCHUn*e*s [152],

*2 but we have renounced the hidden things of the shame,*

m*e* pe-ripaTOUNtes en pa-nourGIa [3834], m*e*DE doLOUNtes [1389] ton LOgon
tou TheOU;

*not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of :God deceitfully;*

alLA t*e* pha-neR*O*sei [5321] t*e*s a-l*e*THEIas [225]

*but by the manifestation of the truth*

su-nisTAnon-tes [4921] he-auTOUS pros PAsan suNEId*e*-sin [4893] anTHR*O*p*o
*n eN*O*pi-on tou TheOU.

*commending ourselves to every conscience of men in God's sight.*


 *b. 4:3-4 THE VEIL OF SATAN ON HEARTS: OF HIS DOING*

ei de kai EStin ke-ka-lumMEnon [2572] to eu-agGEli-on [2098] h*e*M*O*N,

*And if our :gospel is veiled, *

en tois a-pol-luMEnois [622] esTIN ke-ka-lumMEnon [2572]:

*it is veiled in the perishing:*

en hois ho TheOS tou ai*O*nos [165] TOUtou,

*4 in whom the god of this :age,*

eTUPHl*o*-sen [5186] ta no*E*ma-ta [3540] t*o*n aPISt*o*n [571],

*has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving,*

eis to m*e* auGAsai [826] ton ph*o*-tisMON [5462] tou eu-ag-geLIou t*e*s DOx
*e*s tou ChrisTOU,

*that the enlightenment of the gospel of the glory of the Christ,*

HOS es-tin eiK*O*N [1504] tou TheOU.

*who is God's image, should not dawn upon them.*


 *c. 4:5 JESUS - NOT HIS MINISTERS - IS LORD!*

ou gar he-auTOUS k*e*RUSso-men [2784], alLA ChrisTON 'I*e*SOUN KUri-on,

*For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord,*

he-auTOUS de DOUlous [1401] huM*O*N diA 'I*e*SOUN.

*and ourselves as your bondmen for Jesus' sake.*


 *d. 4:6 CHRIST'S GLORY IN SPIRIT: ENLIGHTENS HEARTS*

HOti ho TheOS ho eiP*O*N, Ek SKOtous [4655] ph*o*s [5457] LAMpsei [2989],

*Because it is :God that said, Light shall shine out of darkness,*

hos Elam-psen en tais karDIais h*e*M*O*N, pros ph*o*-tisMON [5462]

*who shined in our :hearts, unto enlightenment*

t*e*s GN*O*se-*o*s [1108] t*e*s DOx*e*s tou TheOU en proS*O*p*o* [4383]ChrisTOU.

*of the knowledge of the glory of :God in Christ's face.*



 *NOTE*: 3:2-3 - See this - Converts become our letter of recommendation -
we need *none other*. Paul showed up false apostles by this contrast. The
supernatural work of God's Spirit on human hearts is all we need!


 3:4-6 - It is *this* that makes effective ministers of this New Covenant!
It is of the *spirit*, not of the *letter*.


 3:7-11 - Then Paul contrasts the glory of the law (Torah, teaching, NOmos)
in Moses' face with the glory of the Lord in the New Covenant. But belief in
Jesus is the key to remove the veil of Moses. Transformation only begins at
this point.


 3:12-18 - In Christ the veil is removed. Until Israel sees Jesus as God's
Messiah, the veil remains. As soon as a Paul-type conversion takes place,
this “liberty” of the Spirit is unknown. Then as we like Rees Howells yield
to that Spirit, remarkable transformation takes place, conforming us into
the image of Jesus. *Then* God is able to bring *many sons* into glory.


 4:1-6 - The blindness upon Israel is a sovereign act of God, that we as
Gentiles would have free access into our Jewish Roots. And as soon as our
number is complete, just then God will return to His Chosen People, and a
Nation will be born in a day! What a shock to Israel's enemies *that* will
be. Then these enemies will know as the enemies of Nehemiah found out, that
the work of the rebuilding of Jerusalem's Walls was of God, not of man! My
background is the United Church of Canada. I left it in 1948 when I
discovered how deep is their apostasy and error - and how they use ignorant
believers like myself as decoy ducks to ensnare innocent young men into the
ministry. August 9, 2009, they are planning to proclaim decisions to work
against Israel both nationally and internationally, counting her as an enemy
of mankind! Imagine the judgment due to come upon her and all other nations
and denominations who adopt a similar posture! God has promised Abraham that
He will bless all nations and people who bless Israel, and curse those who
curse her. The Jimmy Carters and all those of his ilk will soon learn this!
- J.A.W.



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