2Cor 3:3 | RWP | e4.org | An epistle of Christ ( επιστολη Χριστου ). He turns the metaphor round and round. They are Christ's letter to men as well as Paul's. Not with ink ( ου μελαν ). Instrumental case of μελας , black. Plato uses το μελαν for ink as here. See also ; . Of stone ( λιθιναις ). Composed of stone ( λιθος and ending -ινος ). Of flesh ( σαρκιναις ). "Fleshen" as in ; .

‏ 2 Corinthians 3:3

An epistle of Christ ( επιστολη Χριστου ). He turns the metaphor round and round. They are Christ's letter to men as well as Paul's.

Not with ink ( ου μελαν ). Instrumental case of μελας, black. Plato uses το μελαν for ink as here. See also 2Jo 1:12; 3Jo 1:13.

Of stone ( λιθιναις ). Composed of stone ( λιθος and ending -ινος ).

Of flesh ( σαρκιναις ). "Fleshen" as in 1Co 3:1; Ro 7:14.