El panorama
2 Corintios 3 abre con “Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of…”, cambia cerca del versículo 9 con “For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of…” y termina con “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
Las Escrituras junto al resumen
2 Corintios · Versión King James · 182 Corintios 3:1-6
Versículos 1–6: Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others…
2 Corintios 3:1–6 abre con “Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to…” y llega a “Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Identifica a los destinatarios, la situación, las buenas noticias y el propósito pastoral que abren 2 Corintios.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
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“Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of…” La pregunta hace que el pasaje avance con más calma. Observa quién debe responder, qué presupone y si las líneas siguientes ofrecen una respuesta.
2 Corintios 3:1-6
Versión King James1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3Forasmuch 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.
4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Corintios 3:7-12
Versículos 7–12: If the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was…
2 Corintios 3:7–12 abre con “But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the…” y llega a “Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Identifica a los destinatarios, la situación, las buenas noticias y el propósito pastoral que abren 2 Corintios.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
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“But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could…” Nombrar a Israel y Moses mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
2 Corintios 3:7-12
Versión King James7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
2 Corintios 3:13-18
Versículos 13–18: Not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of…
2 Corintios 3:13–18 abre con “And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not…” y llega a “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Identifica a los destinatarios, la situación, las buenas noticias y el propósito pastoral que abren 2 Corintios.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of…” Nombrar a Israel y Moses mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
2 Corintios 3:13-18
Versión King James13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
2 Corinthians 3:1 comienza con “Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
2 Corinthians 3:8 forma un giro natural: “How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?”
La nota final
2 Corinthians 3:18 deja al lector con “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the…”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras glory, Spirit, glorious, Lord, vail, ministration ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.