2 Corinthians 3:7

Easy To Read Version

The old agreement {\cf2\super [10]} (the law) that brought death was written with words on stone. {\cf2\super [11]} It came with \{God’s\} glory. The face of Moses {\cf2\super [12]} was so bright with glory that the people of Israel (the Jews) could not continue looking at his face. And that glory later disappeared.

Cross References

Genesis 3:21

The Lord God used animal skins and made some clothes for the man and his wife. Then he put the clothes on them.

Nehemiah 9:13

Then you came down to Mount Sinai.\par You spoke to them from heaven.\par You gave them good laws.\par You gave them true teachings.\par You gave them laws and commands that were very good!\par

Psalm 119:174

Lord, I want you to save me.\par But your teachings make me happy.\par

Psalm 119:97

Oh, I love your teachings, Lord.\par I talk about them all of the time.\par

Exodus 24:12

The Lord said to Moses, “Come to me on the mountain. I have written my teachings and laws on two flat stones. These teachings and laws are for the people. I will give these flat stones to you.”

Exodus 31:18

So the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai. Then the Lord gave him the two flat stones with the Agreement [325] on them. God used his finger and wrote on the stones.

Exodus 32:19

Moses came near the camp. He saw the golden calf, and he saw the people dancing. Moses became very angry, and he threw the flat stones on the ground. The stones broke into several pieces at the bottom of the mountain.

Exodus 34:1

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make two more flat stones like the first two that were broken. I will write the same words on these stones that were written on the first two stones.

Acts 6:15

All the people sitting in the meeting watched Stephen closely. His face looked like the face of an angel, and they saw it.

Romans 10:4

Christ ended the law so that every person that believes in him is made right with God.

Romans 4:15

Why? Because the law can only bring God’s anger \{when the law is not obeyed\}. But if there is no law, then there is nothing to disobey.

Romans 5:20

The law came to make people have more sin. But when people had more sin, God gave them more of his grace (kindness).

Romans 7:10

And I died \{spiritually\} because of sin. The command was meant to bring life, but for me that command brought death.

Romans 7:22

In my mind, I am happy with God’s law.

Romans 7:5

In the past, we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things. And those sinful things we wanted to do controlled our bodies, so that the things we did were only bringing us spiritual death.

1 Corinthians 13:10

But when perfection comes, the things that are not complete will end.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You show that you are a letter from Christ that he sent through us. This letter is not written with ink but with the Spirit {\cf2\super [7]} of the living God. It is not written on stone tablets. {\cf2\super [8]} It is written on human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:6

God made us able to be servants of a new agreement \{from God to his people\}. This new agreement is not a written law. It is of the Spirit. {\cf2\super [9]} The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:8

So surely the new agreement that brings the Spirit {\cf2\super [13]} has even more glory.

Galatians 3:10

But people who depend on following the law \{to make them right\} are under a curse. Why? Because the Scriptures say, “A person must do all the things that are written in the law. {\cf2\super [28]} If he does not always obey, then that person is under a curse!” {\cf2\super [29]}

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law {\cf2\super [41]} is against God’s promises? No! If there was a law that could give life to people, then we could be made right by following law.

Deuteronomy 4:13

The Lord told you his Agreement. He told you the Ten Commandments and commanded you to follow them. The Lord wrote those laws of the Agreement on two stone tablets.

Deuteronomy 4:8

And no other nation is great enough to have laws and rules as good as the teachings I give you today.

Deuteronomy 5:22

{Moses said,} “The Lord gave these commands to all of you when you were together there at the mountain. The Lord spoke with a loud voice that came from the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness. After he gave us these commands, he didn’t say any more. He wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 9:15

“Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two flat stones of the Agreement were in my hands.

Hebrews 12:18

You have come to a new place. It is not a place like the mountain that the people of Israel {\cf2\super [161]} came to. You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire. You have not come to a place with darkness, sadness, and storms.

Hebrews 3:3

When a man builds a house, people will honor the man more than the house. It is the same with Jesus. Jesus should have more honor than Moses.

Hebrews 9:4

In the Most Holy Place was a golden altar {\cf2\super [94]} for burning incense. {\cf2\super [95]} And also there was the Holy Box of the Agreement. {\cf2\super [96]} The box was covered with gold. Inside this box was a golden jar of manna {\cf2\super [97]} and Aaron’s rod (stick)—the rod that once grew leaves. Also in the box were the flat rocks \{with the Ten Commandments\} of the old agreement \{written on them\}.