2 Corinthians 3:9

Easy To Read Version

This is what I mean: That old agreement judged people guilty of sin, but it had glory. So surely the new agreement that makes people right with God has much greater glory.

Cross References

Isaiah 46:13

I will do good things! Soon, I will save \{my people\}. I will bring salvation to Zion and to my wonderful Israel.”

Jeremiah 23:6

In the time of that good ‘sprout,’\par the people of Judah will be saved.\par And Israel will live in safety.\par This will be his name:\par The Lord is our Goodness. {\cf2\super [182]} \par

Romans 4:11

Abraham was circumcised later to show that God accepted him. His circumcision was proof that he was right with God through faith before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all people that believe but are not circumcised. Those people believe and are accepted like people that are right with God.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is God that has made you part of Christ Jesus. Christ has become wisdom for us from God. Christ is the reason we are right with God and have freedom from sin; Christ is the reason we are holy. {\cf2\super [10]}

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has one kind of beauty, the moon has another kind of beauty, and the stars have another. And each star is different in its beauty.

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]}

Deuteronomy 27:26

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that does not support this law and agree to obey it.’

Philippians 3:9

It allows me to be in Christ. In Christ I am right with God, and this being right does not come from my following the law. It comes from God through faith. God uses my faith in Christ to make me right with him.

2 Peter 1:1

Greetings from Simon Peter, a servant and apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Jesus Christ.