...beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men; being made manifest that ye are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with...

...Corinthians, perhaps the most significant "book of the heart" in the New Testament, he tells them, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with...

...met epistêmês graphetai en te tou manthanontos psuchê]. This move is recapitulated in St. Paul's "our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men" (KJV II Cor. 3.2)— as opposed, here, to mere actual letters of recommendation. (The almost cartoonlike...

...8:8). The Apostle Paul delighted in those converted under his ministry. To those at Corinth he wrote, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men" (II Cor. 3:2). He addressed the Philippians as "my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and...

...hard, and impenitent heart, now has a new heart. Again, in II Corinthians 3:2-3, the apostle says, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with...

...it, and bringing forth fruit with patience (Luke 8:15), so that St Paul can say to the Corinthians, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with...

...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: 3 forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not...

...(3:2-3). The Corinthians themselves were all the "letters" he needed. They were written in Paul's soul: "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men" (3:2). Others might need to establish their credibility with distant churches, such as the church at...

...Pickstock and Graham Ward (London: Routledge, 1999), p. 165. The original metaphor is probably St Paul's: 'Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men'. 2 Corinthians, 3.2. The Bible: Authorized King fames Version, edited by Robert Carroll and Stephen...

...city that is set on a hill and cannot be hid. Paul makes a similar statement in 2nd Corinthians 3:2, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men". The old saying about "I rather see a sermon than hear one" rings true today as never before. With the...