³⁰ And behold, two men talked with Him, who were ^(A)Moses and ^(B)Elijah,

³ For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as ^(A)He who built the house has more honor than the house. ⁴ For every house is built by someone, but ^(B)He who built all things is God. ^5 (C)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as ^(D)a servant, ^(E)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, ⁶ but Christ as ^(F)a Son over His own house, ^(G)whose house we are ^(H)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope ^[a]firm to the end.

Glory of the New Covenant

⁷ But if ^(A)the ministry of death, ^(B)written and engraved on stones, was glorious, ^(C)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, ⁸ how will ^(D)the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? ⁹ For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry ^(E)of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. ¹⁰ For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. ¹¹ For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.

God’s Righteousness Through Faith

²¹ But now ^(A)the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, ^(B)being witnessed by the Law ^(C)and the Prophets, ²² even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all ^[a]and on all who believe. For ^(D)there is no difference; ²³ for ^(E)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

¹⁷ For ^(A)the law was given through Moses, but ^(B)grace and ^(C)truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Scriptures Opened

⁴⁴ Then He said to them, ^(A)“These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

²⁷ And beginning at ^(A)Moses and ^(B)all the Prophets, He ^[a]expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

¹⁹ So they answered and said, ^(A)“John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”

^17 (A)He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”