2 Corinthians 3:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
Gal 4:6 : 6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
John 8:32 : 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Gal 5:13 : 13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God gave us {G1325} not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
Isa 61:1-2 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Rom 8:15-16 : 15 For ye {G2983} received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:
John 6:63 : 63 It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
Ps 51:12 : 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.
Gal 5:1 : 1 For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became {G1519} a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
2 Cor 3:6 : 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

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