2 Corinthians 3:6

New Covenant Ministry

⁵ Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves; but our competence is from God, ⁶ who has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. ⁷ Now if the ministry that brought death, 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, fading though it was,

From God

Holy Spirit

Law of Moses

New Covenant

Spirit Gives Life

What Is Written

Christ

Moses

Sin

Luke 22:20

Likewise he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life.

Romans 7:6

But now, by dying to what once held us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord assigned to each one.

1 Corinthians 11:25

In the same way he took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were hardened; for to this day, when they read the old covenant, the same veil remains unlifted, because only in Christ is it removed.

Ephesians 3:7

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace which was given me by the working of his power.

Matthew 13:52

And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been instructed for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

Matthew 26:28

For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 14:24

And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

John 5:21

For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom he will.

Romans 1:5

Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

Romans 2:27-29

The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a breaker of the law.

Romans 3:20

Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:15

because the law brings wrath, for where there is no law there is no transgression.

Romans 4:17

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did.

Romans 7:9-11

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then those having gifts of healings, helps, administrations, and those speaking in various kinds of tongues.

1 Corinthians 15:45

So it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:7

Now if the ministry that brought death, 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, fading though it was,

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed it in glory.

2 Corinthians 5:18-20

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

Galatians 3:10-12

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to do them."

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness would indeed have come by the law.

Ephesians 2:1

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Ephesians 4:11-12

And he gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,

Colossians 1:25-29

Of this church I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,

1 Timothy 1:11-12

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you point out these things to the brethren, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

2 Timothy 1:11

For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

Hebrews 7:22

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Hebrews 8:6-10

But as it is, he has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.

Hebrews 9:15-20

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the eternal covenant,

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have touched, concerning the Word of life,