8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: …
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…
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