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2 Corinthians 3:5-7
Tree of Life Version
2 Corinthians 3:5-7
Tree of Life Version
5 not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God. 6 He also made us competent as servants of a new covenant[a]—not of the letter, but of the Ruach. For the letter kills, but the Ruach gives life.
7 Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that Bnei-Yisrael could not look intently upon Moses’ face because of its glory[b]—although it was passing away—
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- 2 Corinthians 3:6 cf. Jer. 31:31.
- 2 Corinthians 3:7 Lit. the glory of his face; cf. Exod. 33:18-19; 34:5-6, 29-35.
2 Corinthians 3:5-7
New International Version
2 Corinthians 3:5-7
New International Version
5 Not that we are competent in ourselves(A) to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.(B) 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(C)—not of the letter(D) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(E)
The Greater Glory of the New Covenant
7 Now if the ministry that brought death,(F) which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory,(G) transitory though it was,
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