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2 Corinthians 3:6 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verse 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.2 Corinthians 3:6 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:6 in context
4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6Who 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.
7But 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:
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
Commentary
Cross references
- John 6:63
- Romans 7:6
- Jeremiah 31:31
- Romans 8:2
- Hebrews 8:6-10
- Hebrews 12:24
- 1 Corinthians 15:45
- 2 Corinthians 3:14
Key words (Strong's)
- ministersdiakonosone who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant…G1249 →
- testamentdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
- killethapokteinōto kill in any way whatever, to destroy, to allow to perish, metaph. to extinguish…G615 →
- lettergrammaa letter, any writing, a document or record, a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written…G1121 →
- spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- madehikanoōto make sufficient, render fit, to equip one with adequate power to perform duties of oneG2427 →
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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