2 Corinthians 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

manifestly declared. manifested. Greek. phaneroo. App-106.

Christ. App-08.

ministered. Greek diakaneo. App-190.

by. Greek. hupo, as in 2 Corinthians 3:2.

not. Greek. ou. App-105.

with. No Preposition. Dative case.

ink. Greek. melan. Only here, 2Jn 1:12. 3 John 1:13.

Spirit. App-101.

God. App-98.

tables of stone. stone tables.

tables. Greek. plax. Only here and Hebrews 9:4.

fleshy. Greek. sarkinos. This word refers to the substance or material and carries no moral significance. Compare Hebrews 7:16, where the texts read as here.

2 Corinthians 3:3

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.