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2 Corinthians 3:5-7
New King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:5-7
New King James Version
5 (A)Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but (B)our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as (C)ministers of (D)the new covenant, not (E)of the letter but of the [a]Spirit; for (F)the letter kills, (G)but the Spirit gives life.
Glory of the New Covenant
7 But if (H)the ministry of death, (I)written and engraved on stones, was glorious, (J)so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,
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2 Corinthians 3:5-7
New International Version
2 Corinthians 3:5-7
New International Version
5 Not that we are competent in ourselves(A) to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.(B) 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(C)—not of the letter(D) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(E)
The Greater Glory of the New Covenant
7 Now if the ministry that brought death,(F) which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory,(G) transitory though it was,
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