2 Corinthians 3:6

who has made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5not that we are able, of ourselves, to devise anything, as from ourselves; but our ability is from God,

7For if the ministering of death, by means of a covenant that was written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the sons of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, which glory was to come to an end:

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Cross References

Matthew 13:52He said to them: Therefore, every scribe that is trained for the kingdom of heaven, is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasury things new and old.

Mark 14:24And he said to them: This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead, and makes them alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.

Romans 1:5through whom we have received grace and apostleship, in order to the obedience of faith among all nations, for the honor of his name,

Romans 3:20Wherefore, by works of law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by law is the knowledge of sin.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:2-6

Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 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. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to… Read the whole commentary →

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