2 Corinthians 3:11
9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
10 Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
- KJV
- For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
- WEB
- For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
- ASV
- For if that which passeth away [was] with glory, much more that which remaineth [is] in glory.
- DARBY
- For if that annulled [was introduced] with glory, much rather that which abides [subsists] in glory.
- BLB
- For if that which is fading away [was] through glory, much more [is] that remaining in glory!
- ÅB
- For når det som svinner, var i herlighet, da skal meget mere det som blir, være i herlighet.
- OTB
- For hvis det som var avtagende var med herlighet, mye mer er det som forblir i herlighet.
- B1930
- For når det som svinner, var i herlighet, da skal meget mere det som blir, være i herlighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 5:20–21
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Read in contextHebrews 8:13
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
Read in contextHebrews 7:21–25
but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:6–7
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Read in contextHebrews 12:25–29
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
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