2 Corinthians 3:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Why should not the dispensation of the Spirit [this spiritual ministry whose task it is to cause men to obtain and be governed by the Holy Spirit] be attended with much greater and more splendid glory?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory?

Common English Bible

⁸ Won’t the ministry of the Spirit be much more glorious?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?

2 Corinthians 3:8 Cross References

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 streams upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Isaiah 59:21

And 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.

John 1:17

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

John 7:39

But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.

1 Corinthians 3:16

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

2 Corinthians 11:4

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye did not accept, ye do well to bear with him.

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

2 Corinthians 3:7

But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:

2 Corinthians 3:9

For if the ministration of condemnation is glory, much rather doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

Galatians 3:14

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

Galatians 5:5

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

Ephesians 2:18

for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we are bound to give thanks to God alway for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

1 Peter 1:2

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