2 Corinthians 3:7

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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.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:10

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

Romans 10:4

Christ ended the law so that everyone who believes in him is made right with God.

Exodus 31:18

When God finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets of the agreement. God had written on the stones with his finger.

2 Corinthians 3:6

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.

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.

Exodus 24:12

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

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.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love your teachings! I talk about them all the time.

Romans 7:10

and I died spiritually. The command was meant to bring life, but for me it brought death.

Acts 6:15

Everyone there in the council meeting was staring at Stephen. They saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.

Psalm 119:174

Lord, I want you to save me. Your teachings make me happy.

Deuteronomy 9:15

“Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two stone tablets of the agreement were in my hands.

Romans 7:22

In my mind I am happy with God’s law.

Deuteronomy 4:13

The Lord told you about his agreement, which he commanded you to obey. He told you about the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.

Exodus 34:1

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

Exodus 32:19

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

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.

Hebrews 9:4

In the Most Holy Place was a golden altar for burning incense. And also there was the Box of the Agreement. The Box was covered with gold. Inside this Box was a golden jar of manna and Aaron’s rod—the rod that once grew leaves. Also in the Box were the flat stones with the Ten Commandments of the old agreement on them.

Nehemiah 9:13

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

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. He spoke in 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.

Romans 5:20

The law was brought in so that more people would sin the way Adam did. But where sin increased, there was even more of God’s grace.

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 desires controlled our bodies, so that what we did only brought us spiritual death.

2 Corinthians 3:8

So surely the new agreement that comes from the life-giving Spirit has even more glory.

Galatians 3:10

But people who depend on following the law to make them right are under a curse. As the Scriptures say, “They must do everything that is written in the law. If they do not always obey, they are under a curse.”

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.

Hebrews 3:3

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

Hebrews 12:18

You have not come to a place that can be seen and touched, like the mountain the people of Israel saw, which was burning with fire and covered with darkness, gloom, and storms.