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2 Corinthians 3:6

who 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.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

5For we are not sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our power is from Aloha,

7But if the ministry of death in the writing engraven on stones was with glory, as that the sons of Israel could not look on the face of Musha because of the glory of his face which is abolished,

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Cross References

Matthew 13:52He saith to them, On this account every scribe who is learned in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man a house-lord, who bringeth forth from his treasuries the new and the old.

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

John 5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth, so also the Son quickeneth those whom he willeth.

Romans 1:5by whom we have received grace and apostleship among all nations, that they should become obedient unto the faith of his name:

Romans 3:20Because by the works of the law no flesh is justified before him; for from the law sin is known.

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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