11 For if that they should be [a]abolished, was glorious, much more shall that which remaineth be glorious.

12 [b]Seeing then that we have such trust, we use great boldness of speech.

13 (A)[c]And we are not as Moses, which put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look unto the [d]end of that which should be abolished.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:11 The Law, yea, and the ten commandments themselves, together with Moses, is abolished, if we consider the ministry of Moses apart by itself.
  2. 2 Corinthians 3:12 He showeth wherein standeth this glory of the preaching of the Gospel, to wit, in that that it setteth forth plainly and evidently, that which the Law showeth darkly, for it sent them that heard it to be healed of Christ, which was to come, after it had wounded them.
  3. 2 Corinthians 3:13 He expoundeth by the way the allegory of Moses’ covering, which was a token of the darkness and weakness that is in men, which were rather dulled by the bright shining of the Law, then lightened, which covering was taken away by the coming of Christ, who lighteneth the hearts, and turneth them to the Lord, that we may be brought from the slavery of this blindness, and set in the liberty of the light, by the virtue of Christ’s Spirit.
  4. 2 Corinthians 3:13 Into the very bottom of Moses’ ministry.

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