2 Corinthians 3:6
It 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.
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Matthew 13:52"Then," said he, "every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."
Mark 14:24and he said. "This is my covenant blood, which is poured out for many.
John 5:21"For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive.
Romans 1:5It is through him, even Jesus Christ our Lord, that I received grace and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith among all the Gentiles, for his name’s sake;
Romans 3:20For no man will be justified in God’s sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin.
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 →