2 Corinthians 3:6 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6Who 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.
7But 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:
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Hebrews 8:6
This verse discusses the superiority of the new covenant established through Christ.
John 6:63
Jesus speaks about the Spirit giving life, paralleling this verse.
Romans 7:6
This verse contrasts the old way of the law with the new way of the Spirit.
Source: 2 Corinthians 3:6