⁷ Now if ^(A)the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory ^(B)that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end,

⁹ For if there was glory in ^(A)the ministry of condemnation, ^(B)the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. ¹⁰ Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. ¹¹ For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.

¹⁰ but ^(A)when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

⁴ For ^(A)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.^[a]

¹⁸ And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the ^(A)two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with ^(B)the finger of God.

⁶ who has made us sufficient to be ^(A)ministers of ^(B)a new covenant, not of ^(C)the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but ^(D)the Spirit gives life.

³ And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of ^(A)the living God, not on ^(B)tablets of stone but on ^(C)tablets of ^(D)human hearts.^[a]

¹² The Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the ^(B)tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”

¹³ not like Moses, ^(A)who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. ¹⁴ But ^(B)their minds were ^(C)hardened. For to this day, ^(D)when they read ^(E)the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.