2 Corinthians 3:6
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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.And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
In other translations
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.And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Greek words
ὃςhoswhoG3739καὶkaialsoG2532ἱκάνωσενhikanōsenhas made competentG2427ἡμᾶςhēmasus [as]G3165διακόνουςdiakonousministersG1249καινῆςkainēsof a newG2537διαθήκης,diathēkēscovenant,G1242οὐounotG3756γράμματοςgrammatosof [the] letterG1121ἀλλὰallabutG235πνεύματος·pneumatosof [the] Spirit;G4151τὸtotheG3588γὰρgarforG1063γράμμαgrammaletterG1121ἀποκτέννει,apoktenneikills,G615τὸto<the>G3588δὲdebutG1161πνεῦμαpneumathe SpiritG4151ζῳοποιεῖ.zōopoieigives life.G2227
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Greek New Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Words marked TR or NA appear in only one of the two main Greek texts.
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- John 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- Romans 7:6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
- Jeremiah 31:31Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Hebrews 8:6-106 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.6 Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second. 8 But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
- Hebrews 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- Hebrews 7:22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- Romans 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
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