2 Corinthians 3:8

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What does 2 Corinthians 3:8 mean?

2 Corinthians 3:8 in the original Greek

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Cross references for 2 Corinthians 3:8

• 1 Corinthians 3:16

  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

• Ephesians 2:18

  For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

• 1 Peter 1:2

  Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:13

  But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

• Joel 2:28-29

  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

• Galatians 5:22-23

  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

• John 1:17

  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

• Isaiah 59:21

  As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

• Galatians 3:14

  That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

• Isaiah 11:2

  And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

• Isaiah 44:3

  For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

• Galatians 5:5

  For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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Context

• 2 Corinthians 3:7

  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:

• 2 Corinthians 3:8

  How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

• 2 Corinthians 3:9

  For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

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