2 Corinthians 3:6

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.

Webster Bible

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 by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away;

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Cross References

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

Matthew 13:52Then said he to them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed to the kingdom of heaven, is like a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

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

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

Romans 1:5By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name:

Romans 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is 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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