Parallel Verses
Sawyer New Testament
how shall not the ministry of the spirit be glorious?
New American Standard Bible
how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory?
King James Version
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
Holman Bible
how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
International Standard Version
will not the Spirit's ministry have even more glory?
A Conservative Version
how will the administration of the spirit not be more in glory?
American Standard Version
how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?
Amplified
how will the ministry of the Spirit [the new covenant which allows us to be Spirit-filled] fail to be even more glorious and splendid?
An Understandable Version
will not the ministry of the Holy Spirit [i.e., the New Agreement] have [greater] splendor?
Anderson New Testament
how shall not the ministering of the spirit be more glorious?
Bible in Basic English
Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?
Common New Testament
will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
Daniel Mace New Testament
shall not the ministration of the spirit be more glorious?
Darby Translation
how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
Godbey New Testament
how will not the ministry of the spirit be more in glory?
Goodspeed New Testament
why should not the religion of the Spirit be attended with much greater splendor?
John Wesley New Testament
For if the ministration of condemnation was glory,
Julia Smith Translation
How shall not rather the service of the Spirit be in glory?
King James 2000
How shall not the ministry of the Spirit be more glorious?
Lexham Expanded Bible
how will the ministry of the Spirit not be even more with glory?
Modern King James verseion
shall not the ministry of the Spirit be with more glory?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
why shall not the ministration of the spirit be much more glorious?
Moffatt New Testament
surely the administration of the Spirit must be invested with still greater glory.
NET Bible
how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?
New Heart English Bible
won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
Noyes New Testament
shall not the ministration of the Spirit be much more glorious?
The Emphasized Bible
How shall not, rather, the ministry of the Spirit, be with glory?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
how much more will not the ministry of the Spirit be attended with glory?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Will not the religion that confers the Spirit have still greater glory?
Webster
How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?
Weymouth New Testament
will not the service of the Spirit be far more glorious?
Williams New Testament
why should not this spiritual service be attended with much greater splendor?
World English Bible
won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
Worrell New Testament
how shall not rather the ministration of the Spirit be with glory?
Worsley New Testament
shall not the ministration of the Spirit be more glorious?
Youngs Literal Translation
how shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?
Interlinear
Esomai
Pneuma
Esomai
References
Word Count of 36 Translations in 2 Corinthians 3:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
New Covenant Ministry
7 But if the ministry of death engraved in a writing on stones was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses on account of the brightness of his face, which passed away, 8 how shall not the ministry of the spirit be glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation was a glory, much more will the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.
Phrases
Cross References
John 1:17
for the law was given by Moses, the grace and truth were by Jesus Christ.
John 7:39
But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Acts 2:17-18
In the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
Acts 2:32-33
This Jesus has God raised up, whose witnesses we all are.
Romans 8:9-16
But you are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if any man has not the spirit of Christ he is not his.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Know you not that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
And there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit;
2 Corinthians 3:6
who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of the writing but of the spirit; for the writing kills, but the spirit makes alive.
2 Corinthians 3:17
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty.
2 Corinthians 11:4
For if he that comes preaches another Jesus whom we did not preach, or you receive another spirit which you did not receive, or another gospel which you did not receive, you might well bear it;
Galatians 3:2-5
This only would I learn of you. Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by a hearing of faith?
Galatians 3:14
that the blessing of Abraham may come on the nations, in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.
Galatians 5:5
For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith.
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
Ephesians 2:18
for through him we both have access by one spirit to the Father.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you to salvation by purification of spirit, and belief of the truth,
1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Jude 1:19-20
These are they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.