2 Corinthians 3:8 KJV — MannaFest

2 Corinthians 3:8

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

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ASV

how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?

WEB

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

YLT

how shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?

DBT

how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?

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2 Corinthians — Paul's most personal letter. A defense of gospel ministry under pressure — comfort and conflict, giving and glory, weakness and power — with the tone shifting markedly at chapter 10.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55–56, from Macedonia

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Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Isaiah 32:15
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Ephesians 2:18
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

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be rather glorious--literally, "be rather (that is, still more, invested) in glory." "Shall be," that is, shall be found to be in part now, but fully when the glory of Christ and His saints shall be revealed.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

), whence he infers what is the duty of gospel ministers, and the advantage of those who live under the gospel above those who lived under the law,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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