¹Incipimus iterum nosmetipsos commendare?Must we begin again to commend ourselves?aut numquid egemus (sicut quidam) commendatitiis epistolis ad vos,Or are we in need (as some are) of epistles of commendation for you,aut ex vobis?or from you?

¹Incipimus iterum nosmetipsos commendare?Must we begin again to commend ourselves?aut numquid egemus (sicut quidam) commendatitiis epistolis ad vos,Or are we in need (as some are) of epistles of commendation for you,aut ex vobis?or from you?

²Epistola nostra vos estis,You are our Epistle,scripta in cordibus nostris,written in our hearts,quæ scitur,which is knownet legitur ab omnibus hominibus:and read by all men.

²Epistola nostra vos estis,You are our Epistle,scripta in cordibus nostris,written in our hearts,quæ scitur,which is knownet legitur ab omnibus hominibus:and read by all men.

³manifestati quod epistola estis Christi, ministrata a nobis,It has been made manifest that you are the Epistle of Christ, ministered by us,et scripta non atramento,and written down, not with ink,sed Spiritu Dei vivi:but with the Spirit of the living God,non in tabulis lapideis,and not on tablets of stone,sed in tabulis cordis carnalibus.but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.

³manifestati quod epistola estis Christi, ministrata a nobis,It has been made manifest that you are the Epistle of Christ, ministered by us,et scripta non atramento,and written down, not with ink,sed Spiritu Dei vivi:but with the Spirit of the living God,non in tabulis lapideis,and not on tablets of stone,sed in tabulis cordis carnalibus.but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.

⁴Fiduciam autem talem habemus per Christum ad Deum:And we have such faith, through Christ, toward God.

⁴Fiduciam autem talem habemus per Christum ad Deum:And we have such faith, through Christ, toward God.

⁵non quod sufficientes simus cogitare aliquid a nobis,It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves,quasi ex nobis:as if anything was from us.sed sufficientia nostra ex Deo est:But our adequacy is from God.

⁵non quod sufficientes simus cogitare aliquid a nobis,It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves,quasi ex nobis:as if anything was from us.sed sufficientia nostra ex Deo est:But our adequacy is from God.

⁶qui et idoneos nos fecit ministros novi testamenti:And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament,non littera,not in the letter,sed Spiritu:but in the Spirit.littera enim occidit,For the letter kills,Spiritus autem vivificat.but the Spirit gives life.

⁶qui et idoneos nos fecit ministros novi testamenti:And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament,non littera,not in the letter,sed Spiritu:but in the Spirit.littera enim occidit,For the letter kills,Spiritus autem vivificat.but the Spirit gives life.

⁷Quod si ministratio mortis litteris deformata in lapidibus fuit in gloria, ita ut non possent intendere filii Israël in faciem Moysi propter gloriam vultus ejus, quæ evacuatur:But if the ministration of death, engraved with letters upon stones, was in glory, (so much so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze intently upon the face of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance) even though this ministration was ineffective,

⁷Quod si ministratio mortis litteris deformata in lapidibus fuit in gloria, ita ut non possent intendere filii Israël in faciem Moysi propter gloriam vultus ejus, quæ evacuatur:But if the ministration of death, engraved with letters upon stones, was in glory, (so much so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze intently upon the face of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance) even though this ministration was ineffective,

⁸quomodo non magis ministratio Spiritus erit in gloria?how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?

⁸quomodo non magis ministratio Spiritus erit in gloria?how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?

⁹Nam si ministratio damnationis gloria est:For if the ministration of condemnation is with glory,multo magis abundat ministerium justitiæ in gloria.so much more is the ministration of justice abundant in glory.

⁹Nam si ministratio damnationis gloria est:For if the ministration of condemnation is with glory,multo magis abundat ministerium justitiæ in gloria.so much more is the ministration of justice abundant in glory.

¹⁰Nam nec glorificatum est, quod claruit in hac parte,And neither was it glorified by means of an excellent glory,propter excellentem gloriam.though it was made illustrious in its own way.

¹⁰Nam nec glorificatum est, quod claruit in hac parte,And neither was it glorified by means of an excellent glory,propter excellentem gloriam.though it was made illustrious in its own way.

¹¹Si enim quod evacuatur, per gloriam est:For if even what was temporary has its glory,multo magis quod manet, in gloria est.then what is lasting has an even greater glory.

¹¹Si enim quod evacuatur, per gloriam est:For if even what was temporary has its glory,multo magis quod manet, in gloria est.then what is lasting has an even greater glory.

¹²Habentes igitur talem spem,Therefore, having such a hope,multa fiducia utimur:we act with much confidence,

¹²Habentes igitur talem spem,Therefore, having such a hope,multa fiducia utimur:we act with much confidence,

¹³et non sicut Moyses ponebat velamen super faciem suam,and not as Moses did, in placing a veil over his face,ut non intenderent filii Israël in faciem ejus,so that the sons of Israel would not gaze intently at his face.quod evacuatur,This was ineffective,

¹³et non sicut Moyses ponebat velamen super faciem suam,and not as Moses did, in placing a veil over his face,ut non intenderent filii Israël in faciem ejus,so that the sons of Israel would not gaze intently at his face.quod evacuatur,This was ineffective,

¹⁴sed obtusi sunt sensus eorum. Usque in hodiernum enim diem, idipsum velamen in lectione veteris testamenti manet non revelatum (quoniam in Christo evacuatur),for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).

¹⁴sed obtusi sunt sensus eorum. Usque in hodiernum enim diem, idipsum velamen in lectione veteris testamenti manet non revelatum (quoniam in Christo evacuatur),for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).

¹⁵sed usque in hodiernum diem,But even until today,cum legitur Moyses,when Moses is read,velamen positum est super cor eorum.a veil is still set over their hearts.

¹⁵sed usque in hodiernum diem,But even until today,cum legitur Moyses,when Moses is read,velamen positum est super cor eorum.a veil is still set over their hearts.

¹⁶Cum autem conversus fuerit ad Dominum,But when they will have been converted to the Lord,auferetur velamen.then the veil shall be taken away.

¹⁶Cum autem conversus fuerit ad Dominum,But when they will have been converted to the Lord,auferetur velamen.then the veil shall be taken away.

¹⁷Dominus autem Spiritus est:Now the Spirit is Lord.ubi autem Spiritus Domini,And wherever the Spirit of the Lord is,ibi libertas.there is liberty.

¹⁷Dominus autem Spiritus est:Now the Spirit is Lord.ubi autem Spiritus Domini,And wherever the Spirit of the Lord is,ibi libertas.there is liberty.

¹⁸Nos vero omnes,Yet truly, all of us,revelata facie gloriam Domini speculantes,as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord,in eamdem imaginem transformamur a claritate in claritatem,are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another.tamquam a Domini Spiritu.And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.

¹⁸Nos vero omnes,Yet truly, all of us,revelata facie gloriam Domini speculantes,as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord,in eamdem imaginem transformamur a claritate in claritatem,are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another.tamquam a Domini Spiritu.And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.