The Glory of the New Covenant
2 Corinthians 3:8
In 9 translations
- BSB
- will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
- KJV
- How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
- WEB
- won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
- ASV
- how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?
- LSV
- how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?
- YLT
- how shall the ministration of the Spirit not be more in glory?
- DBY
- how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
- DRC
- How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?
- GNV
- Howe shall not the ministration of the Spirite be more glorious?
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- πῶς οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἡ διακονία τοῦ πνεύματος ἔσται ἐν δόξῃ;
- RP2018
- πῶς οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἡ διακονία τοῦ πνεύματος ἔσται ἐν δόξῃ;
- TR-Boyd
- πῶς οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἡ διακονία τοῦ πνεύματος ἔσται ἐν δόξῃ;
- SCR1894
- πως ουχι μαλλον η διακονια του πνευματος εσται εν δοξη
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Corinthians, Second Epistle to theGospel, TheLawCovenant, the NewHoly SpiritGospelPaul, the ApostleGalatians, Epistle to theExodus, the Book ofMinister, Christian
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Ephesians 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- Joel 2:28–29And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out…
- John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and…
- Galatians 3:14He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- Galatians 5:22–23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- 1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
- Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- Jude 1:19–20These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
- 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
- Galatians 5:5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
- John 7:39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
- Acts 2:32–33God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses. Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- Content check: text resembles KJV 2Cor.3.9 (word overlap 0.43) more than 2Cor.3.8 (0.18); mapping unverified.