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2 Corinthians 3:7

Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

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ASV

But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:

KJV

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

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δὲdenowG1161 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
διακονίαdiakoniaministryG1248 →
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θανάτουthanatouof deathG2288 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
γράμμασινgrammasinlettersG1121 →
ἐντετυπωμένηentetupōmenēengravedG1795 →
λίθοιςlithoisstonesG3037 →
ἐγενήθηegenēthēwas producedG1096 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
δόξῃ,doxēglory,G1391 →
ὥστεhōsteso as forG5620 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
δύνασθαιdunasthaito be ableG1410 →
ἀτενίσαιatenisaito look intentlyG816 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
υἱοὺςhuioussonsG5207 →
ἸσραὴλIsraēlof IsraelG2474 →
εἰςeisintoG1519 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
πρόσωπονprosōponfaceG4383 →
ΜωϋσέωςMōuseōsof MosesG3475 →
διὰdiaon account ofG1223 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
δόξανdoxangloryG1391 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
προσώπουprosōpoufaceG4383 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
τὴνtēnwhichG3588 →
καταργουμένην,katargoumenēnis fading,G2673 →

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2 Corinthians 3:9–11For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.Exodus 31:18When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.1 Corinthians 13:10but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.Exodus 24:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.Deuteronomy 10:1–4At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.2 Corinthians 3:13–14We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.Romans 4:15because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.2 Corinthians 3:13We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.Exodus 34:28So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.Romans 7:10So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.Deuteronomy 9:15So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.Luke 9:29–31And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.Deuteronomy 9:9–11When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.

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