2 Corinthians 3:8

Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

In Context

7For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

9For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?

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Cross References

Isaiah 44:3For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.

John 7:39This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.

Acts 2:32This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

2 Corinthians 3:6Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

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 →

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