2 Corinthians 3:11 BSB

2 Corinthians 3:11

For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!

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ASV

For if that which passeth away was with glory, much more that which remaineth is in glory.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 2 Corinthians (1107)

He presents another syllogism. If the law that was ceasing and subject to abolition was given in glory, then how much more shall the law that is unshakeable and eternal – the New Testament – be in glory.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Not only did the glory of Moses's face go away, but the glory of Moses's law is done away also; yea, the law of Moses itself is now abolished. That dispensation was only to continue for a time, and then to vanish away; whereas the gospel shall remain to the end of the world, and is always fresh and flourishing and remains glorious.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τὸ	to	that which	G3588 →
καταργούμενον	katargoumenon	is fading away	G2673 →
διὰ	dia	[was] through	G1223 →
δόξης,	doxēs	glory,	G1391 →
πολλῷ	pollō	much	G4183 →
μᾶλλον	mallon	more [is]	G3123 →
τὸ	to	that	G3588 →
μένον	menon	remaining	G3306 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
δόξῃ.¶	doxē	glory!	G1391 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 8:13
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Hebrews 7:18–19
  So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
- Hebrews 7:11–12
  Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of…
- Hebrews 9:15
  Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
Through
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:13
  But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
- Galatians 6:9
  Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- Ephesians 3:13
  So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
- Revelation 2:3
  Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Corinthians