2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministration of condemnation was so glorious, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

In Context

8shall not the ministration of the Spirit be more glorious?

10since what was then made glorious was not in comparison glorious, because of the glory that surpasseth it.

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Cross References

Romans 3:21But now, without the law, righteousness before God is manifested, being attested by the law and the prophets;

Romans 5:15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift: for if through the offence of one many died, much more hath the grace of God, and the gift bestowed by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.

Romans 10:3For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness which is of God.

1 Corinthians 15:41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: and one star differeth from another star in glory.

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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