had: Job 25:5, Isaiah 24:23, Haggai 2:3, Haggai 2:7-1 Samuel :, Acts 26:13, Philippians 3:7-Ruth :, 2 Peter 1:17, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 21:24, Revelation 22:5 Reciprocal: Isaiah 43:18 - General Haggai 2:9 - glory 1 Corinthians 4:21 - shall 2 Corinthians 3:7 - which 2 Corinthians 3:9 - exceed read more
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?The ministration of the Spirit — That is, the Christian dispensation. read more
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.The ministration of condemnation — Such the Mosaic dispensation proved to all the Jews who rejected the gospel whereas through the gospel (hence called the ministration of righteousness) God both imputed and imparted righteousness to all believers. But how can the moral law (which alone was engraven on stone) be the ministration of condemnation, if it requires no more than a... read more
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.It hath no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excelleth — That is, none in comparison of this more excellent glory. The greater light swallows up the less. read more
9. Righteousness The same word as is in Romans translated justification; meaning the pardon of sin and the being construed, through Christ, as righteous. read more
10. The very fact that the old ministration was destined to be surpassed, was a respect or point in which it was not glorious. Even that Old ministration. In this respect Or point; namely, by reason of a more excelling glory to come to the new. Its glory is shaded in anticipation of its future eclipse. read more
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Corinthians 3:9
the ministration of condemnation: 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 3:7, Exodus 19:12-Psalms :, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 20:19, Romans 1:18, Romans 8:3, Romans 8:4, Galatians 3:10, Hebrews 12:18-Ecclesiastes : the ministration of righteousness: 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 46:13, Jeremiah 23:6, Romans 1:17, Romans 3:21, Romans 3:22, Romans 4:11, Romans 5:15-Ecclesiastes :, Romans 10:3-2 Samuel :, 1 Corinthians 1:30, Galatians 5:4, Galatians 5:5, Philippians 3:9, 2 Peter 1:1 exceed: 2 Corinthians... read more