If then the ministration of death written with letters [a]and engraven in stones, was [b]glorious, so that the children of Israel could not behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance (which glory is gone away.)

How shall not the [c]ministration of the Spirit be more glorious?

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, much more doth the ministration of [d]righteousness exceed in glory.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:7 Imprinted and engraven: so that by this place we may plainly perceive, that the Apostle speaketh not of the ceremonies of the Law, but even of the ten commandments.
  2. 2 Corinthians 3:7 This word Glory, betokeneth a brightness, and a majesty, which was bodily in Moses, but spiritually in Christ.
  3. 2 Corinthians 3:8 Whereby God offereth, yea and giveth the Spirit, not as a dead thing, but a quickening Spirit, working life.
  4. 2 Corinthians 3:9 To wit, of Christ, which being imputed to us as our own, we are not only not condemned, but also we are crowned as righteous.

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