2 Corinthians 3:6
our 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.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5I do not mean that we are fit to form any judgment by ourselves, as if on our own authority;
Cross References
Matthew 13:52Then he added: “So every Teacher of the Law, who has received instruction about the Kingdom of Heaven, is like a householder who produces from his stores things both new and old.”
Mark 14:24“This is my Covenant-blood,” he said, “which is poured out on behalf of many.
John 5:21For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.
Romans 1:5Through him we received the gift of the Apostolic office, to win submission to the Faith among all nations for the glory of his Name.
Romans 3:20For ‘no human being will be pronounced righteous before God’ as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.
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 →