II Corinthians 3:7
The Scripture
(7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
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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