2 Corinthians 3:11 — Meaning and Application

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“For if that which is done away {was} glorious, much more that which remaineth {is} glorious.”

2 Corinthians 3:11

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

For if the ministration of condemnation {be} glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

For if that which is done away {was} glorious, much more that which remaineth {is} glorious.

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: {plainness: or, boldness}

And not as Moses, {which} put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

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2 Corinthians 3:1

"Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some {others}, epistles of commendation to you, or {letters} of commendation from you?"

2 Corinthians 3:2

"Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:"

2 Corinthians 3:3

"{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 heart."

2 Corinthians 3:4

"And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:"

2 Corinthians 3:5

"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency {is} of God;"

2 Corinthians 3:6

"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. {giveth life: or, quickeneth}"

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