2 Corinthians 3:11
For if that which was fading came in glory, far more will that which ever abides be glorious.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
In Context
10Indeed that which once was glorious has lost its glory, because of the glory which surpasses it.
12Therefore, cherishing such a hope, I use great freedom of speech.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:6It is he who has also made me sufficient as a minister of a new covenant; not of a letter but of a spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.
Hebrews 7:21For although those priests became such without an oath, He had an oath form God who said to him, The Lord hath sworn and will not change, Thou art a priest forever.
Hebrews 12:25See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape punishment when they refused to listen to their instructor on earth, much less shall we escape if we turn away from him who is teaching 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 →