New English Translation
2 Corinthians 3:11
11For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!
2 Corinthians 3:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
- New International Version (NIV)And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!
- English Standard Version (ESV)For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.
Context of 2 Corinthians 3:11
9For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory! 10For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it. For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory! 12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness, 13and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.
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εἰ γὰρ τὸ καταργούμενον διὰ δόξης, πολλῷ μᾶλλον τὸ μένον ἐν δόξῃ.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 3:11
- 2 Corinthians 3:7But if the ministry that produced death – carved in letters on stone tablets – came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),
- Romans 5:20Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,
- Hebrews 7:21but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” –
- Hebrews 8:13When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.
- Hebrews 12:25Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
- 2 Corinthians 3:6who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 3:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For if that which is done away, etc. - Here is another striking difference between the law and the Gospel. The former is termed , that which is counterworked and abolished; the latter , that which continues, which is not for a particular time, place, and people, as the law was; but for All times, all places, and all people. As a great, universal, and permanent Good vastly excels a good that is small, partial, and transitory; so does the Gospel…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For if that which is done away - The splendor that attended the giving of the Law; the bright shining of the face of Moses; and the ritual institutions of his religion. It was to be done away. It was never designed to be permanent. Everything in it had a transient existence, and was so designed. Yet it was attended, Paul admits, with much that was magnificent, and splendid. He had, in the previous verses, stated several important differences between the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-11The old covenant had moments of glory, like when the face of Moses shone from talking with the Lord (Exodus 34:29–35). The old way has been replaced by the new, eternal way (Hebrews 8:8–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. was glorious--literally, "was with glory"; or "marked by glory." that which remaineth--abideth (Re 14:6). Not "the ministry," but the Spirit, and His accompaniments, life and righteousness. is glorious--literally, "is in glory." The Greek "with" or "by" is appropriately applied to that of which the glory was transient. "In" to that of which the glory is permanent. The contrast of the Old and New Testaments proves that Paul's chief opponents at Corinth…Read the comment
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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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