Na Una Be Our Letter
Some people wey dey compete with Paul don arrive with letters of recommendation. Paul answer say the Corinthians demself na im letter, wey we living Papa Spirit write for human heart. E put the covenant wey dem carve for stone, wey get glory but dey fade, side by side with the one wey dey last, where the veil comot and freedom dey.
3 1We don start to dey praise ourselves again? Abi we be like some people wey need letter of recommendation to give una, or make una write for us? 2Na una be our letter, wey dem write for inside our heart, wey everybody sabi and dey read. 3Una dey show sey una be letter wey comot from Christ, wey we carry deliver—dem no write am with ink but with di Spirit of our Papa wey dey live, no be for stone tablet but for tablet wey be human heart.
4Na dis kind confidence we get through Christ, come near our Papa. 5No be sey we get power for ourselves to claim anytin as our own, but our power dey come from our Papa. 6Na im make us fit serve a new covenant—no be di one of di letter but of di Spirit. Because di letter dey kill, but di Spirit dey give life.
Di New Covenant Dey Shine Pass
7If di work wey bring death, wey dem carve for letter on top stone, come with such glory sey Israel people no fit look Moses face because of di glory—glory wey dey fade away, 8shey di work of di Spirit no go come with even bigger glory pass? 9Because if di work wey dey condemn person get glory, na so di work of correct-and-holy way go plenty pass with glory! 10Wetin bin get glory no get glory again now, because glory wey pass am don shine cover am. 11Because if wetin dey fade away come with glory, na how much di glory of wetin dey last forever go big pass!
12Since we get dis kind hope, we dey act with plenty boldness. 13We no be like Moses, wey put veil cover im face so dat Israel people no go fit look di end of wetin dey fade away. 14But dem harden dem mind. Reach today, di same veil still dey when dem dey read di old covenant—dem never remove am, because na only inside Christ dem dey take am comot. 15Yes, reach today, anytime wey dem dey read Moses, veil dey lie on top dem heart. 16But anytime wey person turn come near our Oga Jesus, dem dey take di veil comot. 17Our Oga Jesus na di Spirit, and where di Spirit of our Oga Jesus dey, freedom dey there. a a v17 Paul dey make one strong talk about who be who for here: di Oga wey Israel dey turn go meet and di Spirit wey dey bring freedom na one God—dem no be two powers wey dey fight each other, but na di one Papa, Pikin, and di Holy Spirit dey work to set di heart free. 18All of us, with our face wey veil no cover, dey look di glory of our Oga Jesus, and dem dey change us to be di same image, from glory go reach glory, as e dey come from our Oga Jesus, wey be di Spirit.
