2 Corinthians 3:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

¹¹For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

2 Corinthians 3:11 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← 2 Corinthians 3:10 2 Corinthians 3:12 →

Original word meaning

— of 8

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 8:13
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Romans 5:20-21
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: …
Hebrews 7:21-25
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) …
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 Corinthians 3:6-7
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. …

Topics

Gospel Law Legislation Moral Law Mosaic Law Obedience Precepts

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-11)

Here the apostle makes a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, the law of Moses and the gospel of Jesus Christ, and values himself and his fellow-labourers by this, that they were able ministers of the New Testament, that God had made them so, 2 Cor. 3:6. This he does in answer to the accusations of false teachers, who magnify greatly the law of Moses. I. He distinguishes between the l…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. was glorious--literally, “was with glory”; or “marked by glory.” that which remaineth--abideth (Re 14:6). Not “the ministry,” but the Spirit, and His accompaniments, life and righteousness. is glorious--literally, “is in glory.” The Greek “with” or “by” is appropriately applied to that of which the glory was transient. “In” to that of which the glory is permanent. The contrast of the Old and N…