Les Feldick Bible Study

What are believers written with, according to the epistle of Christ passage?

According to the epistle of Christ passage, believers are written not with ink but with the Holy Spirit of the living God. They are not written on tables of stone; rather, as living epistles, the work of the Holy Spirit is written on the heart.

Les explains that the believers addressed were themselves the epistle of Christ, ministered by Paul and his companions. They had turned from idols to the living God, came out of paganism and its immorality, and their changed lives made them living epistles, known and read of all men. The writing was not external ink or stone tablets, but the Holy Spirit’s work written on the heart.

2 Corinthians 3:3

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

More Questions

What does it mean that believers are the Epistle of Christ?

Believers are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ, written not with ink but with the Holy Spirit of the living God, not on tables of stone but with the Holy Spirit's work written on the heart.

Where is the Holy Spirit's writing placed in believers — on tables of stone or on the heart?

That writing of the Holy Spirit is not on tables of stone but on believers themselves — they are living epistles with the Spirit's work written on the heart.