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2 Corinthians 3:10
2 Corinthians 3:10 is verse 10 of 2 Corinthians chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
King James Version
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
World English Bible
For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
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2 Corinthians 3:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible
8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
10 Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
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Cross-references
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Job 25:5If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Isaiah 24:23The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
Haggai 2:3‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
Haggai 2:8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
Haggai 2:9The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
Acts 26:13About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
2 Peter 1:17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Revelation 21:24By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
Revelation 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.