2 Corinthians 3:6

New Covenant Ministry

⁵ not that of ourselves we are competent to decide anything by our own reasonings, but our competency comes from God. ⁶ It is He also who has made us competent to serve Him in connexion with a new Covenant, which is not a written code but a Spirit; for the written code inflicts death, but the Spirit gives Life. ⁷ If, however, the service that proclaims death--its code being engraved in writing upon stones--came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily on the face of Moses because of the brightness of his face--a vanishing brightness;

From God

Holy Spirit

Law of Moses

New Covenant

Spirit Gives Life

What Is Written

Christ

Moses

Sin

Luke 22:20

He gave them the cup in like manner, when the meal was over. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant ratified by my blood which is to be poured out on your behalf.

John 6:63

It is the spirit which gives Life. The flesh confers no benefit whatever. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and are Life.

Romans 7:6

But seeing that we have died to that which once held us in bondage, the Law has now no hold over us, so that we render a service which, instead of being old and formal, is new and spiritual.

Romans 8:2

for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are just God's servants, through whose efforts, and as the Lord granted power to each, you accepted the faith.

1 Corinthians 11:25

In the same way, when the meal was over, He also took the cup. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant of which my blood is the pledge. Do this, every time that you drink it, in memory of me."

2 Corinthians 3:14

Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day during the reading of the book of the ancient Covenant, the same veil remains unlifted, because it is only in Christ that it is to be abolished.

Ephesians 3:7

in which I have been appointed to serve, in virtue of the work which God, in the exercise of His power within me, has graciously entrusted to me.

Matthew 13:52

"Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."

Matthew 26:28

for this is my blood which is to be poured out for many for the remission of sins--the blood which ratifies the Covenant.

Mark 14:24

"This is my blood," He said, "which is to be poured out on behalf of many--the blood which makes the Covenant sure.

John 5:21

For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,

Romans 2:27-29

although he is a Gentile by birth, if he scrupulously obeys the Law, shall he not sit in judgement upon you who, possessing, as you do, a written Law and circumcision, are yet a Law-breaker?

Romans 3:20

For on the ground of obedience to Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him. Law simply brings a sure knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:15

For the Law inflicts punishment; but where no Law exists, there can be no violation of Law.

Romans 4:17

so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, Abraham is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, "I have appointed you to be the forefather of many nations."

Romans 7:9-11

Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;

1 Corinthians 3:10

In discharge of the task which God graciously entrusted to me, I--like a competent master-builder--have laid a foundation, and others are building upon it. But let every one be careful how and what he builds.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And by God's appointment there are in the Church--first Apostles, secondly Prophets, thirdly teachers. Then come miraculous powers, and then ability to cure diseases or render loving service, or powers of organization, or varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

1 Corinthians 15:45

In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:7

If, however, the service that proclaims death--its code being engraved in writing upon stones--came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily on the face of Moses because of the brightness of his face--a vanishing brightness;

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the service which pronounces doom had glory, far more glorious still is the service which tells of righteousness.

2 Corinthians 5:18-20

And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and has appointed us to serve in the ministry of reconciliation.

Galatians 3:10-12

All who are depending upon their own obedience to the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not remain faithful to all the precepts of the Law, and practise them."

Galatians 3:21

God, however, is only one. Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? No, indeed; for if a Law had been given which could have conferred Life, righteousness would certainly have come by the Law.

Ephesians 2:1

To you Gentiles also, who were dead through your offences and sins,

Ephesians 2:5

caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ--it is by grace that you have been saved--

Ephesians 4:11-12

And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,

Colossians 1:25-29

I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--

1 Timothy 1:11-12

and is not in accordance with the Good News of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower.

2 Timothy 1:11

of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.

Hebrews 7:22

so much the more also is the Covenant of which Jesus has become the guarantor, a better covenant.

Hebrews 8:6-10

But, as a matter of fact, the ministry which Christ has obtained is all the nobler a ministry, in that He is at the same time the negotiator of a sublimer covenant, based upon sublimer promises.

Hebrews 9:15-20

And because of this He is the negotiator of a new Covenant, in order that, since a life has been given in atonement for the offences committed under the first Covenant, those who have been called may receive the eternal inheritance which has been promised to them.

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus the negotiator of a new Covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks in more gracious tones than that of Abel.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may God who gives peace, and brought Jesus, our Lord, up again from among the dead--even Him who, by virtue of the blood of the eternal Covenant, is the great Shepherd of the sheep--

1 Peter 3:18

because Christ also once for all died for sins, the innocent One for the guilty many, in order to bring us to God. He was 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 listened to, which we have seen with our own eyes, and our own hands have handled concerning the Word of Life--