2 Corinthians 3:3-9

3It’s clear that you are Christ’s letter, written as a result of our ministry. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, a letter written not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

4Christ gives us confidence about you in God’s presence.

5By ourselves we are not qualified in any way to claim that we can do anything. Rather, God makes us qualified.

6He has also qualified us to be ministers of a new promise, a spiritual promise, not a written one. Clearly, what was written brings death, but the Spirit brings life.

7The ministry that brought death was inscribed on stone. Yet, it came with such glory that the people of Israel couldn’t look at Moses’ face. His face was shining with glory, even though that glory was fading.

8Won’t the ministry that brings the Spirit have even more glory?

9If the ministry that brings punishment has glory, then the ministry that brings God’s approval has an overwhelming glory.