2 Corinthians 3:11

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2 Corinthians 3:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

13 We 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.

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