2 Corinthians 3:11
And, if that which was to pass away was attended with glory, far more will that which is to endure be surrounded with glory!
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
In Context
10Indeed, that which then had glory has lost its glory, because of the glory which surpasses it.
12With such a hope as this, we speak with all plainness;
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:6our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life.
Hebrews 7:21but his appointment was ratified by an oath, when God said to him — ‘The Lord has sworn, and will not change, “Thou art a priest for all time.”’
Hebrews 12:25Beware how you refuse to hear him who is speaking. For, if the Israelites did not escape punishment, when they refused to listen to him who taught them on earth the divine will, far worse will it be for us, if we turn away from him who is teaching us from Heaven.
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 →