2 Corinthians 3:6

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2 Corinthians 3:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.

5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

6 And 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.

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,

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

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2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

2 Corinthians 5:19

that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

Matthew 13:52

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Romans 1:5

Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

1 Corinthians 3:10

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

Ephesians 3:7

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

Ephesians 4:11

And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

Ephesians 4:12

to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

Colossians 1:25

I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

Colossians 1:26

the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

Colossians 1:27

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:28

We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

Colossians 1:29

To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

1 Timothy 1:11

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 1:12

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

1 Timothy 4:6

By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.

2 Timothy 1:11

to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

Jeremiah 31:31

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Matthew 26:28

This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 14:24

He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

Luke 22:20

In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.

1 Corinthians 11:25

In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Hebrews 7:22

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Hebrews 8:6

Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

Hebrews 8:7

For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

Hebrews 8:8

But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Hebrews 8:9

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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 the first covenant.

Hebrews 9:16

In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,

Hebrews 9:17

because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

Hebrews 9:18

That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

Hebrews 9:19

For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

Hebrews 9:20

saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

Hebrews 12:24

to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

Romans 2:27

The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

Romans 2:28

A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

Romans 2:29

No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

Romans 7:6

But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

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,

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

Deuteronomy 27:26

‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Romans 3:20

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

Romans 4:15

because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

Romans 7:9

Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

Romans 7:10

So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

Romans 7:11

For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

Galatians 3:10

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Galatians 3:11

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Galatians 3:12

The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

Galatians 3:21

Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

John 6:63

The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

Romans 8:2

For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

John 5:21

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

Romans 4:17

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

1 Corinthians 15:45

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

Ephesians 2:1

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Ephesians 2:5

made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,