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2 Corinthians 3:6

who hath fitted us to be ministers of the new Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

5Not that we are sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our efficiency is from God:

7Now if the ministration of death was engraved upon stones in writing, and was so glorious that the children of Israel could not look on the face of Moses, on account of the glory upon his face which vanished away;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:52He said to them: Therefore every Scribe who is instructed for the kingdom of heaven, is like a man who is master of a house, who bringeth forth from his treasures things new and old.

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

John 5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead, and vivifieth them; so also the Son vivifieth whom he pleaseth.

Romans 1:5by whom we have received grace, and a mission among all the Gentiles, to the end that they may obey the faith in his name;

Romans 3:20Wherefore, by the deeds of the law, no flesh is justified before him: for, by 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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