Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? New Living Translation Shouldn’t we expect far greater glory under the new way, now that the Holy Spirit is giving life? English Standard Version will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? Berean Standard Bible will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? Berean Literal Bible how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory? King James Bible How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? New King James Version how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? New American Standard Bible how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? NASB 1995 how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? NASB 1977 how shall the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? Legacy Standard Bible how will the ministry of the Spirit not be even more in glory? Amplified Bible how will the ministry of the Spirit [the new covenant which allows us to be Spirit-filled] fail to be even more glorious and splendid? Christian Standard Bible how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? Holman Christian Standard Bible how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? American Standard Version how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory? Aramaic Bible in Plain English How shall therefore the ministry of The Spirit not be all the more with glory? Contemporary English Version So won't the agreement the Spirit brings to us be even more wonderful? Douay-Rheims Bible How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory? English Revised Version how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory? GOD'S WORD® Translation Won't the ministry that brings the Spirit have even more glory? Good News Translation how much greater is the glory that belongs to the activity of the Spirit! International Standard Version will not the Spirit's ministry have even more glory? Literal Standard Version how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory? Majority Standard Bible will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? New American Bible how much more will the ministry of the Spirit be glorious? NET Bible how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be? New Revised Standard Version how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory? New Heart English Bible won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory? Webster's Bible Translation How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious? Weymouth New Testament will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious? World English Bible won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory? Young's Literal Translation how shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory? Additional Translations ... Context The Glory of the New Covenant7Now 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, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!… Cross References 2 Corinthians 3:7 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, 2 Corinthians 3:9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! Treasury of Scripture How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? the ministration. 2 Corinthians 3:6,17 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… 2 Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. Isaiah 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; Jump to Previous Attended Dispensation Fail Far Glorious Glory Greater Ministration Ministry Operation Rather Service Spirit Splendor Subsist Won'tJump to Next Attended Dispensation Fail Far Glorious Glory Greater Ministration Ministry Operation Rather Service Spirit Splendor Subsist Won't2 Corinthians 3 1. Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain glory, 2. he shows the faith of the Corinthians to be a sufficient commendation of his ministry. 6. Whereupon entering a comparison between the ministers of the law and of the gospel, 12. he proves that his ministry is so far the more excellent, 17. as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious than the law of condemnation. (8) How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?--Better, be more in glory. The ministration of the spirit--that which has spirit for its characteristic attribute, and proceeds from the Spirit and imparts it to others--is that which St. Paul claims as his ministry. The glory of the new covenant, must be as much above the glory of the old, as the living, life-giving Spirit is above the dead and death-bringing code which he speaks of as the "letter."Verse 8. - The ministration of the spirit. That is, "the apostolate and service of the gospel." Be rather glorious. A contrast may be intended between the ministration of the letter, which "became glorious," which had, as it were, a glory lent to it (ἐγενήθη ἐν δόξῃ), and that of the spirit, which is, of its own nature, in glory. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek willἔσται (estai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. not οὐχὶ (ouchi) Adverb Strong's 3780: By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ministry διακονία (diakonia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1248: Waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration. From diakonos; attendance; figuratively aid, service. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Spirit πνεύματος (pneumatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit. {be} even more μᾶλλον (mallon) Adverb Strong's 3123: More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather. glorious? δόξῃ (doxē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application. Links 2 Corinthians 3:8 NIV2 Corinthians 3:8 NLT 2 Corinthians 3:8 ESV 2 Corinthians 3:8 NASB 2 Corinthians 3:8 KJV 2 Corinthians 3:8 BibleApps.com 2 Corinthians 3:8 Biblia Paralela 2 Corinthians 3:8 Chinese Bible 2 Corinthians 3:8 French Bible 2 Corinthians 3:8 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 3:8 Won't service of the Spirit be (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) |
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