2 Corinthians 3:8

how then shall not the ministration of the Spirit be still more glorious?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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;

9For if there was glory in the ministration of condemnation, how much more shall the ministration of justification excel in glory?

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Cross References

John 7:39(This he said of the Spirit, which they who believe in him were to receive: for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Acts 2:32This Jesus hath God resuscitated; and we all are his 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 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.

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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