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2 Corinthians 3:6

Covenant and promisesThe Holy SpiritNew life and rebirthThe law

4 Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.

5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

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.

7 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
ASV
who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
DARBY
who has also made us competent, [as] ministers of [the] new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.
BLB
who also made us sufficient [as] ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
ÅB
som og gjorde oss duelige til å være tjenere for en ny pakt, ikke for bokstav, men for Ånd; for bokstaven slår ihjel, men Ånden gjør levende.
OTB
Som også gjorde oss kompetente som tjenere for en ny pakt, ikke av bokstaven, men av Ånden; for bokstaven bringer død, men Ånden gir liv.
B1930
som og gjorde oss duelige til å være tjenere for en ny pakt, ikke for bokstav, men for Ånd; for bokstaven slår ihjel, men Ånden gjør levende.

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Cross references

  • John 6:63

    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

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  • Romans 7:6

    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

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  • Romans 8:2

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  • Jeremiah 31:31

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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  • Hebrews 8:6–10

    Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:14

    But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:45

    So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

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  • Hebrews 12:24

    to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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