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2 Corinthians 3:8

The Holy Spirit

6 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.

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:

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

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.

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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

    Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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  • Ephesians 2:18

    For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

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  • 1 Peter 1:2

    Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13

    But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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  • Joel 2:28–29

    And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

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  • Galatians 5:22–23

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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  • John 1:17

    For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

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  • Isaiah 59:21

    As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

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