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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Shouldn’t we expect far greater glory under the new way, now that the Holy Spirit is giving life?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be <i>even</i> more with glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />how shall the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit not be even more in glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_corinthians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit [the new covenant which allows us to be Spirit-filled] fail to be even more glorious <i>and</i> splendid?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_corinthians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_corinthians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_corinthians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So won't the agreement the Spirit brings to us be even more wonderful? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_corinthians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Won't the ministry that brings the Spirit have even more glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />how much greater is the glory that belongs to the activity of the Spirit! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_corinthians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />will not the Spirit's ministry have even more glory? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_corinthians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_corinthians/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_corinthians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> how shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_corinthians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />How shall not rather the service of the Spirit be in glory?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />how much more will the ministry of the Spirit be glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Why then shall not the ministration of the Spirit be more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />How shall therefore the ministry of The Spirit not be all the more with glory?<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />how shall not the ministering of the spirit be more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />how will not the ministry of the spirit be more in glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />how much more will not the ministry of the Spirit be attended with glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_corinthians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />shall not the ministration of the spirit be more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />how shall not rather the ministration of the Spirit be with glory?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />shall not the ministration of the Spirit be more glorious?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=478" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/3.htm">The Glory of the New Covenant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7</span>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, <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/4459.htm" title="4459: pōs (Adv) -- Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!"></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estai (V-FIM-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">will</a> <a href="/greek/3780.htm" title="3780: ouchi (Adv) -- By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed.">not</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1248.htm" title="1248: diakonia (N-NFS) -- Waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration. From diakonos; attendance; figuratively aid, service.">ministry</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/4151.htm" title="4151: pneumatos (N-GNS) -- Wind, breath, spirit. ">Spirit</a> <a href="/greek/3123.htm" title="3123: mallon (Adv) -- More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.">be even more</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/1391.htm" title="1391: doxē (N-DFS) -- From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.">glorious?</a> </span> <span class="reftext">9</span>For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-6.htm">Hebrews 8:6</a></span><br />Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2</a></span><br />For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-2.htm">Galatians 3:2-5</a></span><br />I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? / Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh? / Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-16.htm">John 14:16-17</a></span><br />And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— / the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a></span><br />But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Romans 7:6</a></span><br />But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a></span><br />I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-13.htm">John 16:13</a></span><br />However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Romans 8:9-11</a></span><br />You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. / But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. / And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-18.htm">Galatians 5:18</a></span><br />But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm">Isaiah 11:2</a></span><br />The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-20.htm">1 John 2:20</a></span><br />You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-4.htm">Acts 2:4</a></span><br />And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-16.htm">Romans 15:16</a></span><br />to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?</p><p class="hdg">the ministration.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm">2 Corinthians 3:6,17</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/11-4.htm">2 Corinthians 11:4</a></b></br> For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or <i>if</i> ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with <i>him</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm">Isaiah 11:2</a></b></br> 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;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/27-10.htm">Attended</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Dispensation</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-9.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-1.htm">Far</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Glorious</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-5.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Ministration</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-3.htm">Ministry</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Operation</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-7.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Service</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">Splendor</a> <a href="/luke/11-18.htm">Subsist</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-23.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">Attended</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Dispensation</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-5.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Far</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Glorious</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Ministration</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Ministry</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Operation</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-11.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Service</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm">Splendor</a> <a href="/colossians/1-17.htm">Subsist</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-4.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-1.htm">Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain glory, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-2.htm">he shows the faith of the Corinthians to be a sufficient commendation of his ministry.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm">Whereupon entering a comparison between the ministers of the law and of the gospel,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-12.htm">he proves that his ministry is so far the more excellent, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-17.htm">as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious than the law of condemnation.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The ministry of the Spirit is characterized by life and freedom, as opposed to the letter of the Law, which brings death (<a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm">2 Corinthians 3:6</a>). The Holy Spirit's work is transformative, writing God's laws on believers' hearts (<a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a>) and empowering them to live righteously. This ministry is a fulfillment of the promise of the Spirit's outpouring in the last days (<a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28-29</a>; <a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17-18</a>).<p><b>be even more glorious?</b><br>The glory of the ministry of the Spirit surpasses that of the old covenant. The old covenant, though glorious, was temporary and fading, as symbolized by the fading glory on Moses' face (<a href="/exodus/34-29.htm">Exodus 34:29-35</a>). In contrast, the new covenant is eternal and its glory is ever-increasing (<a href="/2_corinthians/3-11.htm">2 Corinthians 3:11, 18</a>). This greater glory is seen in the transformative power of the Spirit, who brings believers into a deeper relationship with God and conforms them to the image of Christ (<a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29</a>). The surpassing glory of the new covenant reflects the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Jesus Christ, who is the ultimate revelation of God's glory (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/apostle_paul.htm">Apostle Paul</a></b><br>The author of 2 Corinthians, addressing the church in Corinth. He contrasts the old covenant of the law with the new covenant of the Spirit.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a></b><br>A major city in ancient Greece where the church Paul is addressing is located. Known for its diverse population and cultural influences.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>Referenced earlier in the chapter, Moses is a key figure in the Old Testament who received the law on Mount Sinai.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_holy_spirit.htm">The Holy Spirit</a></b><br>Central to this verse, representing the new covenant and the transformative power of God in believers' lives.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/old_covenant.htm">Old Covenant</a></b><br>The covenant of the law given to Moses, characterized by the letter and associated with death.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_superiority_of_the_new_covenant.htm">The Superiority of the New Covenant</a></b><br>The new covenant, mediated by the Spirit, surpasses the old covenant in glory and effectiveness. It brings life and transformation rather than condemnation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>The Holy Spirit is central to the believer's life, empowering, guiding, and transforming us into the image of Christ. This ministry is more glorious than the law.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_over_conformity.htm">Transformation Over Conformity</a></b><br>Unlike the law, which demands external conformity, the Spirit works internally, transforming our hearts and minds to align with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_spirit.htm">Living in the Spirit</a></b><br>Believers are called to live by the Spirit, experiencing the freedom and life that come from being led by Him rather than adhering to the letter of the law.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_god's_glory.htm">Reflecting God's Glory</a></b><br>As recipients of the Spirit's ministry, we are to reflect God's glory in our lives, becoming living testimonies of His transformative power.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_corinthians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Corinthians 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_vineyard_movement.htm">What defines the Vineyard Movement?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_kadesh_barnea's_biblical_role.htm">Where can the Holy Spirit be found?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_prioritize_sinners_over_righteous.htm">What does 'Our sufficiency is of God' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_2_cor_3_10_reconcile_with_ot_law.htm">How does Paul’s assertion in 2 Corinthians 3:10 that the old covenant’s glory “has no glory now” reconcile with the Old Testament’s constant emphasis on the law’s importance and enduring potency?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious</span>?--Better, <span class= "ital">be more in glory.</span> The ministration of the spirit--that which has spirit for its characteristic attribute, and proceeds from <span class= "ital">the</span> 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."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The ministration of the spirit.</span> That is, "the apostolate and service of the gospel." <span class="cmt_word">Be rather glorious.</span> A contrast may be intended between the ministration of the letter, which "became glorious," which had, as it were, a glory lent to it (<span class="greek">ἐγενήθη ἐν δόξῃ</span>), and that of the spirit, which is, of its own nature, in glory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">will</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔσται</span> <span class="translit">(estai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="grk">οὐχὶ</span> <span class="translit">(ouchi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3780.htm">Strong's 3780: </a> </span><span class="str2">By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡ</span> <span class="translit">(hē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ministry</span><br /><span class="grk">διακονία</span> <span class="translit">(diakonia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1248.htm">Strong's 1248: </a> </span><span class="str2">Waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration. From diakonos; attendance; figuratively aid, service.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Spirit</span><br /><span class="grk">πνεύματος</span> <span class="translit">(pneumatos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4151.htm">Strong's 4151: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wind, breath, spirit. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">{be} even more</span><br /><span class="grk">μᾶλλον</span> <span class="translit">(mallon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> </span><span class="str2">More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">glorious?</span><br /><span class="grk">δόξῃ</span> <span class="translit">(doxē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> </span><span class="str2">From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">2 Corinthians 3:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_corinthians/3-8.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 3:8 Won't service of the Spirit be (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 3:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 3:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 3:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 3:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>