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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 3:10

The New Covenant glorifies God so much more than the Old Covenant did that Paul could say the Old Covenant had no glory by comparison. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle’s conduct.1-6. Paraphrase. ’In speaking thus highly of my motives I am not writing a letter to commend myself, nor do I need (like these opponents of mine) letters of recommendation either to you or from you. (2) You, my converts, are my best recommendation, for I think of you with gratitude as do all who know your faith and works. (3) You are, indeed, a very letter of Christ who has used me... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 3:8

(8) How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?—Better, be more in glory. The ministration of the spirit—that which has spirit for its characteristic attribute, and proceeds from the Spirit and imparts it to others—is that which St. Paul claims as his ministry. The glory of the new covenant, must be as much above the glory of the old, as the living, life-giving Spirit is above the dead and death-bringing code which he speaks of as the “letter.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 3:9

(9) If the ministration of condemnation be glory . . .—Many of the better MSS. give the reading, if there be glory to the ministry of condemnation. The latter phrase takes the place here of “the ministry of death” in 2 Corinthians 3:7. The “letter,” the “written law,” as such, works death, because it brings with it the condemnation which awaits transgressors. It holds out to them the pattern of a righteousness which they have never had, and cannot of themselves attain unto, and passes its... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 3:10

(10) For even that which was made glorious had no glory.—More accurately, St. Paul reproducing the very tense which he found in the LXX. of Exodus 34:35, that which had been glorified has not been glorified—i.e., has lost its glory.In this respect . . .—The phrase is the same as in 2 Corinthians 9:3; 1 Peter 4:16. The English expresses it very fairly. “In this point,” as compared with the gospel, the Law has lost its glory; it is thrown into the shade by “the glory that excelleth.” The imagery... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

2 Corinthians 3:3 Dr. Deissmann speaks of 'the beautiful figure in 2 Corinthians 3:3 , according to which St. Paul has a letter to write for Christ This characteristic expression includes a parallel to the technical term "letter of Augustus," i.e., Imperial letter, which is found in an inscription of the Imperial period at Ancyra.' Light from the Ancient East, p. 379. References. III. 3. J. G. Greenhough, The Mind of Christ in St. Paul, p. 194 Expositor (5th Series), vol. ix. p. 14. Our... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:4-11

Chapter 9THE TWO COVENANTS.2 Corinthians 3:4-11 (R.V)THE confidence referred to in the opening of this passage is that which underlies the triumphant Sentences at the end of the second chapter. The tone of those sentences was open to misinterpretation, and Paul guards himself against this on two sides. To begin with, his motive in so expressing himself was quite pure: he had no thought of commending himself to the Corinthians. And, again, the ground of his confidence was not in himself. The... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

4. The Ministry of the New Covenant in Contrast with the Old. CHAPTER 3 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1-3 ) 2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4-6 ) 3. The Old and New Ministry Contrasted. (2 Corinthians 3:7-11 ) 4. The Glory in the Face of Moses and the Glory in the Face of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:12-18 .) It was customary in the church to give letters of commendation (Acts 18:27 ; Romans 16:1 ). Did the Apostle need, as some others, epistles of commendation to the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:8

3:8 How shall not the {i} ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?(i) By which God offers, indeed, and gives the Spirit, not as a dead thing, but a living Spirit, working life. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:9

3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation [be] glory, much more doth the ministration of {k} righteousness exceed in glory.(k) That is, of Christ. And since he is imputed to us as our own, we are not condemned, and what is more we are also crowned as righteous. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 3:10

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 3:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 3:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 3:10

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 3:4-11

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:8

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 3:9

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