2 Corinthians 3:6

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

Revised Version 1895

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 of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

7But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:26Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Matthew 13:52And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Mark 14:24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many.

John 5:21For as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son also quickeneth whom he will.

Romans 1:5through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake:

Romans 3:20because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for through the law cometh the knowledge 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 →

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