2 Corinthians 3:1-3
THE GLORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT MINISTRY. The apostle's letter of commendation:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT MINISTRY. The apostle's letter of commendation:... [ Continue Reading ]
DO WE BEGIN AGAIN TO COMMEND OURSELVES? OR NEED WE, AS SOME OTHERS, EPISTLES OF COMMENDATION TO YOU OR LETTERS OF COMMENDATION FROM YOU?... [ Continue Reading ]
YE ARE OUR EPISTLE, WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS, KNOWN AND READ OF ALL MEN,... [ Continue Reading ]
FORASMUCH AS YE ARE MANIFESTLY DECLARED TO BE THE EPISTLE OF CHRIST MINISTERED BY US, WRITTEN NOT WITH INK, BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD; NOT IN TABLES OF STONE, BUT IN FLESHY TABLES OF THE HE ART. The apostle was often driven to self-defense, and therefore he also made statements concernin... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SUCH TRUST HAVE WE THROUGH CHRIST TO GOD-WARD;... [ Continue Reading ]
The spirit contrasted with the letter:... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF OURSELVES TO THINK ANYTHING AS OF OURSELVES; BUT OUR SUFFICIENCY IS OF GOD,... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The work which Paul had done at Corinth as God's servant was worthy of all commendation. And yet he avoids even the suspicion of self-glorification by... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF THE MINISTRATION OF DEATH, WRITTEN AND ENGRAVEN IN STONES, WAS GLORIOUS, SO THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL COULD NOT STEADFASTLY BEHOLD THE FACE OF MOSES FOR THE GLORY OF HIS COUNTENANCE, WHICH GLORY WAS TO BE DONE AWAY,... [ Continue Reading ]
The glory of the ministry of righteousness:... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW SHALL NOT THE MINISTRATION OF THE SPIRIT BE RATHER GLORIOUS?... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THE MINISTRATION OF CONDEMNATION BE GLORY, MUCH MORE DOTH THE MINISTRATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEED IN GLORY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVEN THAT WHICH WAS MADE GLORIOUS HAD NO GLORY IN THIS RESPECT, BY REASON OF THE GLORY WHICH EXCELS.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THAT WHICH IS DONE AWAY WAS GLORIOUS, MUCH MORE THAT WHICH REMAINETH IS GLORIOUS. The contrast of v. 6 is here carried out in detail, probably on account of the Judaizing opponents in Corinth, whose aim was to exalt the preaching of the Law, to place it by the side of the Gospel as being nece... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEING, THE N, THAT WE HAVE SUCH HOPE, WE USE GREAT PLAINNESS OF SPEECH;... [ Continue Reading ]
The effect of the two ministries:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NOT AS MOSES, WHICH PUT A VEIL OVER HIS FACE THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL COULD NOT STEADFASTLY LOOK TO THE END OF THAT WHICH IS ABOLISHED.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THEIR MINDS WERE BLINDED; FOR UNTIL THIS DAY REMAINETH THE SAME VEIL UNTAKEN AWAY IN THE READING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; WHICH VEIL IS DONE AWAY IN CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT EVEN UNTO THIS DAY, WHEN MOSES IS READ, THE VEIL IS UPON THEIR HEART.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVERTHELESS, WHEN IT SHALL TURN TO THE LORD, THE VEIL SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW, THE LORD IS THAT SPIRIT; AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WE ALL, WITH OPEN FACE BEHOLDING, AS IN A GLASS, THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE CHANGED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY EVEN AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. Although the apostle did not actually describe the consummation of all Christian hope, but showed only the manner of its accomplishment,... [ Continue Reading ]