コリント人への手紙Ⅱ 3:8-10 JCB

The old and the new. The warm and affectionate nature of the apostle had embraced the religion of Christ with a fervour, an attached devotion, exceeding even that which he had shown in his earlier days towards the dispensation in which he had been nurtured, Not that he had lost any of the reverence, the affection, he had cherished towards the covenant which God had established with his Hebrew ancestors; but that the new dispensation was so glorious to the view of his soul that it shed its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:7-11

Divine revelation more glorious in Christ than in Moses. "But if the ministration," etc. At the outset three facts are noteworthy. 1 . The infinite Father has made a special revelation of himself to his human offspring. 2 . This special revelation of himself has mainly come through two great general sources—Moses and Christ. 3 . The special revelation of himself, as it came through Christ, far transcends in glory the form it assumed as it came through Moses. The essence of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:7-11

Ministry of the Old Testament compared with that of the New, and the superiority of the latter shown. He speaks now of the "ministration of death," not of it as the ministry of the letter; and yet it was "glorious." Compared with the revelation made to Enoch, Abraham, Jacob, it was "glorious." Whether witnessing to the unity of God or to his providence over an elect race, it was an illumination, or splendour, unequalled in the centuries before Christ. Tribes were organized as a nation,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:7-11

The old covenant and the new. In some sense it may be said that teachings respecting the relations between the older revelation in Judaism and the newer revelation in Christianity were special to the Apostle Paul. On this point he had direct revelations from Christ, and the liberal form which his teachings took exposed him to the peril of being misunderstood and misrepresented, and brought persecutions around him. No man could be found more truly loyal to the older revelation than the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:8

The ministration of the spirit. That is, "the apostolate and service of the gospel." Be rather glorious. A contrast may be intended between the ministration of the letter, which "became glorious," which had, as it were, a glory lent to it ( ἐγενήθη ἐν δόξῃ ), and that of the spirit, which is, of its own nature, in glory. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:9

The ministration of condemnation. The same antithesis between the Law as involving "condemnation" and the gospel as bestowing "righteousness" is found in Romans 5:18 , Romans 5:19 . The glory; perhaps, rather, a glory; a stronger way of describing it as "glorious." Of righteousness. Involving the further conception of "justification," as in Romans 5:21 ; Romans 1:16 , Romans 1:17 ; Romans 4:25 ; Romans 5:21 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:10

For . He proceeds to show that the latter ministration was far more superabundant in glory. That which was made glorious, etc. Many various interpretations have been offered of this text. The meaning almost undoubtedly is, "For even that which has been glorified [namely, the Mosaic ministry, as typified by the splendour of his face] has not been glorified in this respect [i.e. in the respect of its relation to another ministry], because of the surpassing glory [of the latter]." In other... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:8

How shall not the ministration of the Spirit - This is an argument from the less to the greater. Several things in it are worthy of notice:(1) The proper contrast to the “ministration of death” 2 Corinthians 3:7, would have been ‘ministration of life.’ But Paul chose rather to call it the ‘ministration of the spirit;’ as the source of life; or as conferring higher dignity on the gospel than to have called it simply the ministration of life.(2) By the “Spirit” here is manifestly meant the Holy... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministration of condemnation - Of Moses in giving the Law, the effect of which is to produce condemnation. Law condemns the guilty; it does not save them. It denounces punishment; it contains no provisions of pardon. To pardon is to depart from the Law; and must be done under the operation of another system - since a law which contains a provision for the pardon of offenders, and permits them to escape, would be a burlesque in legislation. The tendency of the Mosaic institutions,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:6-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:9

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