2 Corinthians 3:9
For if the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more doth the ministry of righteousness excel in glory.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8how much more will not the ministry of the Spirit be attended with glory?
10For that which was glorious hath no glory, comparatively, because of the glory which excelleth.
Cross References
Romans 3:21But now distinct from the law the righteousness of God is manifest, receiving testimony from the law and the prophets;
Romans 5:15But not as the transgression, so also is the gift. For if by the transgression of one the many became dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is in that one man, Christ Jesus, hath abounded unto many.
Romans 10:3For being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God, and seeking to establish a righteousness of their own, they have not submitted 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 differeth 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 →