II Corinthians 3:6
The Scripture
(6) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Paul described the Corinthians themselves as his letter of recommendation, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, contrasting the glory of the old covenant of the letter that kills with the greater glory of the new covenant of the Spirit that gives life. He explained that believers, with unveiled faces beholding the Lord's glory, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Corinthians 5:18II Corinthians 5:19II Corinthians 5:20Matthew 13:52Romans 1:5I Corinthians 3:5I Corinthians 3:10I Corinthians 12:28Ephesians 3:7Ephesians 4:11Ephesians 4:12Colossians 1:25
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