2 Corinthians 3:11
For if that which was to come to an end was glorious, much more that which is to remain is glorious.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
In Context
10For that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that surpasses.
12Since then we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:6who has made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.
Hebrews 7:21(for those priests were made such without an oath, but this one with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec;)
Hebrews 12:25See that you reject not him that speaks: for if they escaped not who rejected that earthly man who gave the oracles, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that is from heaven,
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:7-12
Law and Gospel Compared. ( a. d. 57.) 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of… Read the whole commentary →