In Chapter 3 Paul is explaining his ministry to the believers in Corinth. Because the false teachers had been challenging Paul’s personal integrity and his authority as an apostle, Paul was sensitive to the fact that everything he wrote or said was liable to be twisted and used in a hostile manner. Those false teachers often needed letters of recommendation. Paul needed no such recommendation and he stressed to the believers that their lives served as their recommendation. “Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you. Clearly you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you.”

Paul then goes on to explain the glory of the new covenant. The new covenant gives us confidence to be very bold. If the old covenant was glorious, how much greater the new covenant is. “For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom…And the Lord-who is the Spirit- makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image." Praise God we have this new covenant to provide us the confidence and freedom to spread the word about Jesus our Savior!