2 Corinthians 3:11
For if that which was abolished was with glory, how much more shall that which endureth be with glory?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
In Context
10For that which was glorified had no glory, in comparison of this excelling glory.
12Therefore because we have this hope, we speak the more boldly,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:6who hath made us fit to be ministers of the new covenant, not in the writing, but in the spirit. For the writing killeth, but the Spirit maketh alive.
Hebrews 7:21For they were made priests without an oath; but this with an oath: as he said unto him by the hand of David, The Lord hath sworn and will not lie, that thou art the Priest for ever in the likeness of Malki-Zedek.
Hebrews 12:25Beware, therefore, lest ye be averse from Him who hath spoken with you; for if they escaped not who were averse from one who spake with them on earth, how much less we, if we withdraw from one who hath spoken to us from heaven?
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 →