Letter Kills Lyrics

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry
Written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God
Not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts

Such confidence we have through Christ before God
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves
But our competence comes from God
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again?
Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts

Such confidence we have through Christ before God
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves
But our competence comes from God
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant

Not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life