Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!
New American Standard Bible
For if
King James Version
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Holman Bible
For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness overflows with even more glory.
International Standard Version
For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, then the ministry of justification has an overwhelming glory.
A Conservative Version
For if the administration of condemnation has glory, the administration of righteousness excels much more in glory.
American Standard Version
For if the ministration of condemnation hath glory, much rather doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Amplified
For if the ministry that brings condemnation [the old covenant, the Law] has glory, how much more does glory overflow in the ministry that brings righteousness [the new covenant which declares believers free of guilt and sets them apart for God’s special purpose]!
An Understandable Version
For if the ministry [of the law] that brings condemnation came with splendor, will not the ministry that brings righteousness [i.e., the New Agreement] have greater splendor?
Anderson New Testament
For if the ministering of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministering of righteousness surpass in glory.
Bible in Basic English
For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?
Common New Testament
For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed it in glory.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for if the ministration of condemnation was illustrious, the ministration of righteousness will be much more glorious.
Darby Translation
For if the ministry of condemnation be glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.
Godbey New Testament
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, how much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.
Goodspeed New Testament
If there was splendor in the religion of condemnation, the religion of uprightness must far surpass it in splendor.
John Wesley New Testament
much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Julia Smith Translation
For if the service of condemnation glory, much more the service of justice abounds in glory.
King James 2000
For if the ministry of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed in glory.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For if [there was] glory in the ministry of condemnation, by much more will the ministry of righteousness overflow with glory.
Modern King James verseion
For if the ministry of condemnation is glorious, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed in glory.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For if the ministering of condemnation be glorious: much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Moffatt New Testament
If there was glory in the administration that condemned, then the administration that acquits abounds far more in glory
Montgomery New Testament
For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, far more is the ministry of righteousness radiant in glory.
New Heart English Bible
For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
Noyes New Testament
For if the ministration of condemnation had glory, much greater is the glory of the ministration of righteousness.
Sawyer New Testament
For if the ministry of condemnation was a glory, much more will the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.
The Emphasized Bible
For, if, the ministry of condemnation was glory, much rather, doth the ministry of righteousness abound with glory,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For if the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more doth the ministry of righteousness excel in glory.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For, if there was a glory in the religion that involved condemnation, far greater is the glory of the religion that confers righteousness!
Webster
For if the ministration of condemnation was glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Weymouth New Testament
For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.
Williams New Testament
For if the service connected with condemnation had such splendor, the service resulting in right standing with God will surely far surpass it in splendor.
World English Bible
For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
Worrell New Testament
For, if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Worsley New Testament
For if the ministration of condemnation was so glorious, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory:
Youngs Literal Translation
for if the ministration of the condemnation is glory, much more doth the ministration of the righteousness abound in glory;
Themes
Christian ministers » Their calling glorious
Condemnation » The law is the ministration of
Topics
Interlinear
Perisseuo
Perisseuo
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 3:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
New Covenant Ministry
8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be? 9 For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory! 10 For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.
Cross References
Hebrews 12:18-21
For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
Romans 3:21-22
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed --
Exodus 19:12-19
You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!
Exodus 20:18-19
All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking -- and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.
Isaiah 46:13
I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor."
Jeremiah 23:6
Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by: 'The Lord has provided us with justice.'
Romans 1:17-18
For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."
Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
Romans 5:15-21
But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!
Romans 8:3-4
For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
Romans 10:3-10
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
1 Corinthians 1:30
He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.
2 Corinthians 3:6-7
who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 3:10-11
For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
Galatians 3:10
For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law."
Galatians 5:4-5
You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!
Philippians 3:9
and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ's faithfulness -- a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ's faithfulness.
Hebrews 3:5-6
Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.
2 Peter 1:1
From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.