2 Corinthians 3:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He makes us worthy to be the servants of his new agreement that comes from the Holy Spirit and not from a written Law. After all, the Law brings death, but the Spirit brings life.

Cross References

John 6:63

The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit.

Romans 7:6

But the Law no longer rules over us. We are like dead people, and it cannot have any power over us. Now we can serve God in a new way by obeying his Spirit, and not in the old way by obeying the written Law.

Jeremiah 31:31

The LORD said: The time will surely come when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.

Romans 8:2

The Holy Spirit will give you life that comes from Christ Jesus and will set you free from sin and death.

Hebrews 12:24

And Jesus is here! He is the one who makes God's new agreement with us, and his sprinkled blood says much better things than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 7:22

This means that Jesus guarantees us a better agreement with God.

2 Corinthians 3:14

The people were stubborn, and something still keeps them from seeing the truth when the Law is read. Only Christ can take away the covering that keeps them from seeing.

1 Corinthians 15:45

The first man was named Adam, and the Scriptures tell us that he was a living person. But Jesus, who may be called the last Adam, is a life-giving spirit.

Romans 3:20

God doesn't accept people simply because they obey the Law. No, indeed! All the Law does is to point out our sin.

Hebrews 13:20

God gives peace, and he raised our Lord Jesus Christ from death. Now Jesus is like a Great Shepherd whose blood was used to make God's eternal agreement with his flock.

Luke 22:20

After the meal he took another cup of wine in his hands. Then he said, “This is my blood. It is poured out for you, and with it God makes his new agreement.

1 Corinthians 11:25

After the meal, Jesus took a cup of wine in his hands and said, “This is my blood, and with it God makes his new agreement with you. Drink this and remember me.”

Matthew 13:52

So he told them, “Every student of the Scriptures who becomes a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like someone who brings out new and old treasures from the storeroom.”

1 Peter 3:18

Christ died once for our sins. An innocent person died for those who are guilty. Christ did this to bring you to God, when his body was put to death and his spirit was made alive.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you teach these things to other followers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus. You will show that you have grown up on the teachings about our faith and on the good instructions you have obeyed.

Ephesians 3:7

God treated me with kindness. His power worked in me, and it became my job to spread the good news.

Galatians 3:21

Does the Law disagree with God's promises? No, it doesn't! If any law could give life to us, we could become acceptable to God by obeying that law.

2 Corinthians 3:7

The Law of Moses brought only the promise of death, even though it was carved on stones and given in a wonderful way. Still the Law made Moses' face shine so brightly that the people of Israel could not look at it, even though it was a fading glory.

1 Corinthians 12:28

First, God chose some people to be apostles and prophets and teachers for the church. But he also chose some to perform miracles or heal the sick or help others or be leaders or speak different kinds of languages.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Apollos and I are merely servants who helped you to have faith. It was the Lord who made it all happen.

Romans 4:15

God becomes angry when his Law is broken. But where there isn't a law, it cannot be broken.

John 5:21

Just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.

Mark 14:24

Then he said, “This is my blood, which is poured out for many people, and with it God makes his agreement.

Matthew 26:28

This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.

2 Corinthians 3:9

If something that brings the death sentence is glorious, won't something that makes us acceptable to God be even more glorious?

Romans 4:17

The Scriptures say that Abraham would become the ancestor of many nations. This promise was made to Abraham because he had faith in God, who raises the dead to life and creates new things.

Romans 1:5

Jesus was kind to me and chose me to be an apostle, so that people of all nations would obey and have faith.

1 John 1:1

The Word that gives life was from the beginning, and this is the one our message is about. Our ears have heard, our own eyes have seen, and our hands touched this Word.

2 Timothy 1:11

My work is to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

1 Corinthians 3:10

God was kind and let me become an expert builder. I laid a foundation on which others have built. But we must each be careful how we build,

Ephesians 2:1

In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You are like a letter written by Christ and delivered by us. But you are not written with pen and ink or on tablets made of stone. You are written in our hearts by the Spirit of the living God.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? I am a fool to talk this way, but I serve him better than they do. I have worked harder and have been put in jail more times. I have been beaten with whips more and have been in danger of death more often.

Hebrews 8:13

When the Lord talks about a new agreement, he means that the first one is out of date. And anything that is old and useless will soon disappear.