2 Corinthians 3:8

will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

In Context

7If, however, the service that proclaims death--its code being engraved in writing upon stones--came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily on the face of Moses because of the brightness of his face--a vanishing brightness;

9For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.

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Cross References

John 7:39He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Acts 2:32This Jesus, God has raised to life-- a fact to which all of us testify.

1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you are God's Sanctuary, and that the Spirit of God has His home within you?

2 Corinthians 3:6It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life.

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 →

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