2nd Corinthians Chapter 3 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 3:8

how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?
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BBE 2ndCorinthians 3:8

Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 3:8

how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 3:8

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
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WBT 2ndCorinthians 3:8


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WEB 2ndCorinthians 3:8

won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
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YLT 2ndCorinthians 3:8

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - The ministration of the spirit. That is, "the apostolate and service of the gospel." Be rather glorious. A contrast may be intended between the ministration of the letter, which "became glorious," which had, as it were, a glory lent to it (ἐγενήθη ἐν δόξῃ), and that of the spirit, which is, of its own nature, in glory.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?--Better, be more in glory. The ministration of the spirit--that which has spirit for its characteristic attribute, and proceeds from the Spirit and imparts it to others--is that which St. Paul claims as his ministry. The glory of the new covenant, must be as much above the glory of the old, as the living, life-giving Spirit is above the dead and death-bringing code which he speaks of as the "letter."