New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Corinthians 3:4-11
4SuchG5108 1confidenceG4006 we haveG2192 throughG1223 ChristG5547 towardG4314 GodG2316. 5Not that we are adequateG2425 in ourselvesG1438 to considerG3049 anythingG5100 as coming from ourselvesG1438, but 2our adequacyG2426 is from GodG2316, 6whoG3739 alsoG2532 madeG2427 us adequateG2427 as 3servantsG1249 of a 4newG2537 covenantG1242, not of 5the letterG1121 but of the SpiritG4151; for the letterG1121 killsG615, but 6the SpiritG4151 givesG2227 lifeG2227.
7But ifG1487 the 7ministryG1248 of deathG2288, 8in lettersG1121 engravedG1795 on stonesG3037, cameG1096 9with gloryG1391, 10soG5620 that the sonsG5207 of IsraelG2474 couldG1410 not lookG816 intentlyG816 at the faceG4383 of MosesG3475 becauseG1223 of the gloryG1391 of his faceG4383, fadingG2673 as it was, 8howG4459 will the ministryG1248 of the SpiritG4151 failG3780 to be even moreG3123 with gloryG1391? 9For ifG1487 11the ministryG1248 of condemnationG2633 has gloryG1391, muchG4183 moreG3123 does the 12ministryG1248 of righteousnessG1343 aboundG4052 in gloryG1391. 10For indeedG2532 what hadG1392 gloryG1392, in thisG3778 caseG3313 hasG1392 noG3756 gloryG1392 becauseG1752 of the gloryG1391 that surpassesG5235 it. 11For ifG1487 that which fadesG2673 awayG2673 was 13with gloryG1391, muchG4183 moreG3123 that which remainsG3306 is in gloryG1391.
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 3:4 Eph 3:12 ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 3:5 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 3:6 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Jer 31:31; Luke 22:20 ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Rom 2:29 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 3:6 John 6:63; Rom 7:6 ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Rom 4:15; 5:20; 7:5f; 2 Cor 3:9; Gal 3:10, 21f ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Ex 24:12; 31:18; 32:15f; 2 Cor 3:3 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Or in glory ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Ex 34:29-35; 2 Cor 3:13 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Deut 27:26; 2 Cor 3:7; Heb 12:18-21 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 3:9 Rom 1:17; 3:21f ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 3:11 Lit through ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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