2 Corinthians 3:6

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He has also qualified us to be ministers of a new promise, a spiritual promise, not a written one. Clearly, what was written brings death, but the Spirit brings life.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:31

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new promise  to Israel and Judah.

Matthew 13:52

So Jesus said to them, “That is why every student of the Scriptures who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a home owner. He brings new and old things out of his treasure chest.”

Matthew 26:28

This is my blood, the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people so that sins are forgiven.

Mark 14:24

He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people.

Luke 22:20

When supper was over, he did the same with the cup. He said, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new promise  made with my blood.”

John 5:21

In the same way that the Father brings back the dead and gives them life, the Son gives life to anyone he chooses.

John 6:63

Life is spiritual. Your physical existence doesn’t contribute to that life. The words that I have spoken to you are spiritual. They are life.

Romans 1:5

Through him we have received God’s kindness  and the privilege of being apostles who bring people from every nation to the obedience that is associated with faith. This is for the honor of his name.

Romans 3:20

Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.

Romans 4:15

The laws in Moses’ Teachings bring about anger. But where those laws don’t exist, they can’t be broken.

Romans 4:17

as Scripture says: “I have made you a father of many nations.” Abraham believed when he stood in the presence of the God who gives life to dead people and calls into existence things that don’t even exist.

Romans 7:6

But now we have died to those laws that bound us. God has broken their effect on us so that we are serving in a new spiritual way, not in an old way dictated by written words.

Romans 8:2

The standards of the Spirit, who gives life through Christ Jesus, have set you free from the standards of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 11:25

When supper was over, he did the same with the cup. He said, “This cup is the new promise  made with my blood. Every time you drink from it, do it to remember me.”

1 Corinthians 12:28

In the church God has appointed first apostles, next prophets, third teachers, then those who perform miracles, then those who have the gift of healing, then those who help others, those who are managers, and those who can speak in a number of languages.

1 Corinthians 15:45

This is what Scripture says: “The first man, Adam, became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:10

As a skilled and experienced builder, I used the gift  that God gave me to lay the foundation ⌞for that building⌟. However, someone else is building on it. Each person must be careful how he builds on it.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are servants who helped you come to faith. Each did what the Lord gave him to do.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they Christ’s servants? It’s insane to say it, but I’m a far better one. I’ve done much more work, been in prison many more times, been beaten more severely, and have faced death more often.

2 Corinthians 3:14

However, their minds became closed. In fact, to this day the same veil is still there when they read the Old Testament. It isn’t removed, because only Christ can remove it.

2 Corinthians 3:3

It’s clear that you are Christ’s letter, written as a result of our ministry. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, a letter written not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:7

The ministry that brought death was inscribed on stone. Yet, it came with such glory that the people of Israel couldn’t look at Moses’ face. His face was shining with glory, even though that glory was fading.

2 Corinthians 3:9

If the ministry that brings punishment has glory, then the ministry that brings God’s approval has an overwhelming glory.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean, then, that the laws given to Moses contradict God’s promises? That’s unthinkable! If those laws could give us life, then certainly we would receive God’s approval because we obeyed them.

Ephesians 2:1

You were once dead because of your failures and sins.

Ephesians 2:5

We were dead because of our failures, but he made us alive together with Christ. (It is God’s kindness  that saved you.)

Ephesians 3:7

I became a servant of this Good News through God’s kindness freely given to me when his power worked ⌞in me⌟.

Deuteronomy 27:26

“Whoever doesn’t obey every word of these teachings will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.

1 Timothy 4:6

You are a good servant of Christ Jesus when you point these things out to our brothers and sisters. Then you will be nourished by the words of the Christian faith and the excellent teachings which you have followed closely.

2 Timothy 1:11

I was appointed to be a messenger of this Good News, an apostle, and a teacher.

Hebrews 12:24

You have come to Jesus, who brings the new promise  from God, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better message than Abel’s.

Hebrews 13:20

The God of peace brought the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, back to life through the blood of an eternal promise.

Hebrews 7:22

In this way Jesus has become the guarantee of a better promise.

Hebrews 8:13

God made this new promise and showed that the first promise was outdated. What is outdated and aging will soon disappear.

1 Peter 3:18

This is true because Christ suffered for our sins once. He was an innocent person, but he suffered for guilty people so that he could bring you to God. His body was put to death, but he was brought to life through his spirit.

1 John 1:1

The Word of life existed from the beginning. We have heard it. We have seen it. We observed and touched it.