2 Corinthians 3:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people. It is not an agreement of written laws, but it is of the Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

Cross References

John 6:63

It is the Spirit that gives life. The body is of no value for that. But the things I have told you are from the Spirit, so they give life.

Romans 7:6

In the past the law held us as prisoners, but our old selves died, and we were made free from the law. So now we serve God in a new way, not in the old way, with the written rules. Now we serve God in the new way, with the Spirit.

Jeremiah 31:31

This is what the Lord said, “The time is coming when I will make a new agreement with the family of Israel and with the family of Judah.

Romans 8:2

That is because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free. It made you free from the law that brings sin and death.

Hebrews 12:24

You have come to Jesus—the one who brought the new agreement from God to his people. You have come to the sprinkled blood that tells us about better things than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 7:22

So this means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement from God to his people.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed. And even today, when those people read the writings of the old agreement, that same covering hides the meaning. That covering has not been removed for them. It is taken away only through Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:45

As the Scriptures say, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

Romans 3:20

because no one can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.

Hebrews 13:20

I pray that the God of peace will give you every good thing you need so that you can do what he wants. God is the one who raised from death our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of his sheep. He raised him because Jesus sacrificed his blood to begin the new agreement that never ends. I pray that God will work through Jesus Christ to do the things in us that please him. To him be glory forever. Amen.

Luke 22:20

In the same way, after supper, Jesus took the cup of wine and said, “This wine represents the new agreement from God to his people. It will begin when my blood is poured out for you.”

1 Corinthians 11:25

In the same way, after they ate, Jesus took the cup of wine. He said, “This cup represents the new agreement from God, which begins with my blood sacrifice. When you drink this, do it to remember me.”

Matthew 13:52

Then Jesus said to the followers, “So every teacher of the law who has learned about God’s kingdom has some new things to teach. He is like the owner of a house. He has new things and old things saved in that house. And he brings out the new with the old.”

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered when he died for you, and with that one death he paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring all of you to God. In his physical form he was killed, but he was made alive by the Spirit.

Deuteronomy 27:26

“The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who does not support this law and agree to obey it.’ “Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

1 Timothy 4:6

Tell this to the brothers and sisters there. This will show that you are a good servant of Christ Jesus. You will show that you are made strong by the words of faith and good teaching you have followed.

Ephesians 3:7

By God’s special gift of grace, I became a servant to tell that Good News. He gave me that grace by using his power.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law works against God’s promises? Of course not. The law was never God’s way of giving new life to people. If it were, then we could be made right with God by following the law.

2 Corinthians 3:7

The old agreement that brought death, written with words on stone, came with God’s glory. In fact, the face of Moses was so bright with glory (a glory that was ending) that the people of Israel could not continue looking at his face.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And in the church God has given a place first to apostles, second to prophets, and third to teachers. Then God has given a place to those who do miracles, those who have gifts of healing, those who can help others, those who are able to lead, and those who can speak in different kinds of languages.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Is Apollos so important? Is Paul so important? We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do.

Romans 4:15

because the law can only bring God’s anger on those who disobey it. But if there is no law, then there is nothing to disobey.

John 5:21

The Father raises the dead and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to those he wants to.

Mark 14:24

Then he said, “This wine is my blood, which will be poured out for many to begin the new agreement from God to his people.

Matthew 26:28

This wine is my blood, which will be poured out to forgive the sins of many and begin the new agreement from God to his people.

2 Corinthians 3:9

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.

Romans 4:17

As the Scriptures say, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is true before God, the one Abraham believed—the God who gives life to the dead and speaks of things that don’t yet exist as if they are real.

Romans 1:5

Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle—to lead people of all nations to believe and obey him. I do all this to honor Christ.

1 John 1:1

We want to tell you about the Word that gives life—the one who existed before the world began. This is the one we have heard and have seen with our own eyes. We saw what he did, and our hands touched him.

2 Timothy 1:11

I was chosen to tell people that message as an apostle and teacher.

Ephesians 2:5

We were spiritually dead because of all we had done against him. But he gave us new life together with Christ. (You have been saved by God’s grace.)

1 Corinthians 3:10

Like an expert builder I built the foundation of that house. I used the gift that God gave me to do this. Other people are building on that foundation. But everyone should be careful how they build.

Ephesians 2:1

In the past you were spiritually dead because of your sins and the things you did against God.

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 of the living God. It is not written on stone tablets but on human hearts.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him more. (I am crazy to talk like this.) I have worked much harder than they have. I have been in prison more often. I have been hurt more in beatings. I have been near death many times.

Hebrews 8:13

God called this a new agreement, so he has made the first agreement old. And anything that is old and useless is ready to disappear.