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2 Corinthians 3:7 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verse 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:2 Corinthians 3:7 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:7 in context
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?
9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
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Key words (Strong's)
- ministrationdiakoniaservice, ministering, esp. of those who execute the commands of others, of those who by…G1248 →
- gloriousdoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
- childrenyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
- writtenenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- writtengrammaa letter, any writing, a document or record, a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written…G1121 →
- stoneslithosa stone, of small stones, of building stones, metaph. of ChristG3037 →
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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