2 Corinthians 3:6

And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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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

5It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, as if anything was from us. But our adequacy is from God.

7But if the ministration of death, engraved with letters upon stones, was in glory, (so much so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze intently upon the face of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance) even though this ministration was ineffective,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:26Cursed be he who does not remain in the words of this law, and does not carry them out in deed. And all the people shall say: Amen.”

Matthew 13:52He said to them, “Therefore, every scribe well-taught about the kingdom of heaven, is like a man, the father of a family, who offers from his storehouse both the new and the old.”

Mark 14:24And he said to them: “This is my blood of the new covenant, which shall be shed for many.

John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wills.

Romans 1:5through whom we have received grace and Apostleship, for the sake of his name, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles,

Romans 3:20For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.

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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