2 Corinthians 3:8

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

9For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

Read all of 2 Corinthians 3

Cross References

Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

Joel 2:28And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

John 7:39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.

1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Corinthians 3:8