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5 aNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but bour sufficiency is from God,  
6 who also made us sufficient as aministers of bthe new covenant, not cof the letter but of the Spirit; for dthe letter kills, ebut the Spirit gives life.  

Glory of the New Covenant

7 But if athe ministry of death, bwritten and engraved on stones, was glorious, cso that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,  
8 how will athe ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?  
9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry aof righteousness exceeds much more in glory.  
10 For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.
11 For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.
12 Therefore, since we have such hope, awe use great boldness of speech—  
13 unlike Moses, awho put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at bthe end of what was passing away.  
14 But atheir minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.  
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Nevertheless awhen one turns to the Lord, bthe veil is taken away.  
17 Now athe Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is bliberty.  
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding aas in a mirror bthe glory of the Lord, care being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as1 by the Spirit of the Lord. 
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2 Corinthians 3:7

Of death (tou qanatou). Subjective genitive, marked by death in its outcome (cf. I Corinthians 15:56; Galatians 3:10). The letter kills.

Engraven on stones (entetupwmenh liqoiv). Perfect passive participle of entupow, late verb, to imprint a figure (tupov). Used by Aristias (67) of the "inlaid" work on the table sent by Ptolemy Philadelphus to Jerusalem. Liqoiv in locative case.

Came with glory (egenhqh en doch). In glory. As it did, condition of first class, assumed as true. See Exodus 34:29, Exodus 34:35.

Look steadfastly (atenisai). Late verb from atenhv (stretched, intent, teinw and a intensive) as in Luke 4:20; Acts 3:4.

Was passing away (katargoumenhn). Late verb, to render of no effect, and present passive participle here as in I Corinthians 2:6.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Corinthians 3:7:

Luke 4:20
John 5:47
Acts 6:15
2 Corinthians 1:11
2 Corinthians 3:10
2 Corinthians 3:14
Hebrews 8:11

 

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