2 Corinthians 3:8

how much more will not the ministry of the Spirit be attended with glory?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7For if the ministry of death in letters graven on stone, was attended with glory, so that the children of Israel could not keep their eyes fixed upon the countenance of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance, though soon evanescent;

9For if the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more doth the ministry of righteousness excel in glory.

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Cross References

John 7:39(Now he spake this in reference to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should afterwards receive: for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Acts 2:32This very Jesus hath God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.

1 Corinthians 3:16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

2 Corinthians 3:6Who hath made us also able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth 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 →

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