2 Corinthians 3:4-11
4
y Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.
5
z Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but a our sufficiency is from God,
6
who has made us competent to be b ministers of c a new covenant, not of d the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but e the Spirit gives life.
7
Now if f the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory g that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end,
8
will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory?
9
For if there was glory in h the ministry of condemnation, i the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
10
Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it.
11
For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.
-
Cross References
Ephesians 3:12
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
-
Cross References
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
-
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
-
Cross References
Ephesians 3:7
Of this gospel I was made a minister according ...
Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and...
Colossians 1:25
Of which I became a minister according to the s...
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of...
2 Corinthians 5:18
All this is from God, who through Christ reconc...
1 Timothy 1:12
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ J...
-
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:31
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,...
Luke 22:20
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, sayi...
1 Corinthians 11:25
In the same way also he took the cup, after sup...
Hebrews 8:8
For he finds fault with them when he says: "Beh...
Hebrews 8:13
In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the fir...
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were hardened. For to this day,...
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant,...
-
Cross References
Romans 2:27
Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
-
Cross References
John 6:63
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
-
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:9
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
Romans 4:15
For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
-
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:13
Not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.
Exodus 34:29 - 35
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
-
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end.
Hebrews 12:18 - 21
For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest
-
Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:15
So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.