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2 Corinthians 3:8

The Holy Spirit

6 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,

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

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.

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Compare

BSB
will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
KJV
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
WEB
won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
ASV
how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?
DARBY
how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
BLB
how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?
ÅB
hvor skal da ikke Åndens tjeneste enn mere være i herlighet!
OTB
Hvordan skal ikke tjenesten av Ånden være enda mer herlig?
B1930
hvor skal da ikke Åndens tjeneste enn mere være i herlighet!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 3:16

    Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

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  • Ephesians 2:18

    For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

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  • 1 Peter 1:2

    according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13

    But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

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  • Joel 2:28–29

    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

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  • Galatians 5:22–23

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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  • John 1:17

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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  • Isaiah 59:21

    “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

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