2 Corinthians 3:9
For, if, the ministry of condemnation was glory, much rather, doth the ministry of righteousness abound with glory,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8How shall not, rather, the ministry of the Spirit, be with glory?
Cross References
Exodus 20:18And, all the people, were witnessing the voices and the torches, and the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking,—so then the people were struck with awe and shrank back, and stood afar off.
Jeremiah 23:6In his days, Shall Judah be saved, And Israel abide securely,—And, this, is his name whereby he shall be called Yahweh, our Righteousness.
Romans 3:21But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God hath been manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets,—
Romans 5:15But, not as the fault, so, [also] the decree of favour, for, if, by the fault of the one, the many died, much more, the favour of God and the free-gift in favour, by the one man Jesus Christ, unto the many superabounded;
Romans 10:3For, not knowing God’s righteousness and, their own, seeking to establish, unto the righteousness of God, have they not submitted;
1 Corinthians 15:41One, is the glory of a sun, and, another, the glory of a moon, and, another, the glory of stars,—nay! star from star, differeth 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 →