2 Corinthians 3:11
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And 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:
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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
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Read in contextHebrews 8:13
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Read in contextHebrews 7:21–25
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:6–7
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.
Read in contextHebrews 12:25–29
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
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