2 Corinthians 3:9
For if the ministering of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministering of righteousness surpass in glory.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8how shall not the ministering of the spirit be more glorious?
10For that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that surpasses.
Cross References
Romans 3:21But now, the righteousness of God without law is revealed, being attested by the law and the prophets;
Romans 5:15But the favor bestowed is not, in all respects, like the offense: for if, by the offense of one, the many have died, much more have the grace of God and the gift which is by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, been made abundant for the many.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own plan of justification, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
1 Corinthians 15:41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
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 →