2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministration of condemnation is glory, much more does the ministration of righteousness abound in glory.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

In Context

8how shall not the ministration of the spirit be more glorious?

10For even that which was made glorious has no glory in this respect, on account of the glory that excels.

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Cross References

Romans 3:21But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Romans 5:15But not as the trespass, so also is the free gift; for if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

Romans 10:3For not knowing the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit themselves 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 →

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