2 Corinthians 3:11

for if that which is being made useless [is] through glory, much more that which is remaining [is] in glory.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

In Context

10for also even that which hath been glorious, hath not been glorious — in this respect, because of the superior glory;

12Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:6who also made us sufficient [to be] ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.

Hebrews 7:21and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, 'The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest — to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;')

Hebrews 12:25See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking — much less we who do turn away from him who [speaketh] 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 →

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