2 Corinthians 3:9

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Summary

2 Corinthians 3:9

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

The ministration of condemnation

Hebrews 12:18

The ministration of righteousness

Exceed

2 Corinthians 3:10

1 Corinthians 15:41

Hebrews 3:5

Bible References

The ministration of condemnation

Who hath also fitted us to be ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who withhold the truth in unrighteousness;

For that which was impossible for the law to do, and in which it was weak through the corruption of the flesh, God by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sacrifice for sin, hath done; that is, hath condemned sin in the flesh:

For as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed be every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.

Ye are not come to a tangible mountain, and burning fire, and a thick cloud, and darkness, and tempest,

The ministration of righteousness

For He hath made Him, who knew no sin, to be a sin-offering for us, that in Him we might be made righteous before God.

for the righteousness of God is therein revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

But now, without the law, righteousness before God is manifested, being attested by the law and the prophets;

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all that believe though not circumcised, that righteousness may be imputed to them also:

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift: for if through the offence of one many died, much more hath the grace of God, and the gift bestowed by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.

For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness which is of God.

But ye are of Him in Christ Jesus, who from God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Christ is become nothing to you, whosoever of you are seeking to be justified by the law: ye are fallen from the grace of the gospel.

not having my own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is by the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know Him,

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us, in the righteousness of our God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ:

Exceed

since what was then made glorious was not in comparison glorious, because of the glory that surpasseth it.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: and one star differeth from another star in glory.

Now Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things which were to be spoken: