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2 Corinthians 3:11 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verse 11
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.2 Corinthians 3:11 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:11 in context
9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- remainethmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- gloriousdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- gloriousdoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
- gloriousenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- awaykatargeōto render idle, unemployed, inactivate, inoperative, to cause a person or thing to have…G2673 →
- muchpolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
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Here the apostle makes a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, the law of Moses and the gospel of Jesus Christ, and values himself and his fellow-labourers by this, that they were able ministers of the New Testament, that God had made them so, Co2 3:6.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11