2 Corinthians 3:7

New International Reader's Version

The Law was written in letters on stone. Even though it was a way of serving God, it led to death. But even that way of serving God came with glory. The glory lasted for only a short time. Even so, the people of Israel couldn’t look at Moses’ face very long.

Cross References

Genesis 3:21

The Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife to wear.

Nehemiah 9:13

“You came down on Mount Sinai. From heaven you spoke to our people. You gave them rules and laws. Those laws are right and fair. You gave them orders and commands that are good.

Psalm 119:174

Lord, I long for you to save me. Your law gives me delight.

Psalm 119:97

Lord, I really love your law! All day long I spend time thinking about it.

Exodus 24:12

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay here. I will give you the stone tablets. They contain the law and commandments I have written to teach the people.”

Exodus 31:18

The Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai. Then he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law. They were made out of stone. The words on them were written by the finger of God.

Exodus 32:19

As Moses approached the camp, he saw the calf. He also saw the people dancing. So he was very angry. He threw the tablets out of his hands. They broke into pieces at the foot of the mountain.

Exodus 34:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Cut out two stone tablets that are just like the first ones. I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Acts 6:15

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked right at Stephen. They saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Romans 10:4

Christ has fulfilled everything the law was meant to do. So now everyone who believes can be right with God.

Romans 4:15

The law brings God’s anger. Where there is no law, the law can’t be broken.

Romans 5:20

The law was given so that sin would increase. But where sin increased, God’s grace increased even more.

Romans 7:10

I found that the commandment that was supposed to bring life actually brought death.

Romans 7:22

Deep inside me I find joy in God’s law.

Romans 7:5

The power of sin used to control us. The law stirred up sinful desires in us. So the things we did resulted in death.

1 Corinthians 13:10

But when what is complete comes, the things that are not complete will pass away.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You make it clear that you are a letter from Christ. You are the result of our work for God. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You are a letter written not on tablets made out of stone but on human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has given us the power to serve under a new covenant. The covenant is not based on the written Law of Moses. It comes from the Holy Spirit. The written Law kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:8

Since all this is true, won’t the work of the Holy Spirit be even more glorious?

Galatians 3:10

All who depend on obeying the law are under a curse. It is written, “May everyone who doesn’t continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law be under God’s curse.” (Deuteronomy 27:26)

Galatians 3:21

So is the law opposed to God’s promises? Certainly not! What if a law had been given that could give life? Then people could become right with God by obeying the law.

Deuteronomy 4:13

He announced his covenant to you. That covenant is the Ten Commandments. He commanded you to obey them. Then he wrote them down on two stone tablets.

Deuteronomy 4:8

I’m giving you the laws of the Lord today. What other nation is great enough to have rules and laws as fair as these?

Deuteronomy 5:22

These are the commandments the Lord announced in a loud voice to your whole community. He gave them to you there on the mountain. He spoke out of the fire, cloud and deep darkness. He didn’t add anything else. Then he wrote the commandments on two stone tablets. And he gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 9:15

So I turned and went down the mountain. It was blazing with fire. I was carrying the two tablets of the covenant law.

Hebrews 12:18

You haven’t come to a mountain that can be touched. You haven’t come to a mountain burning with fire. You haven’t come to darkness, gloom and storm.

Hebrews 3:3

The person who builds a house has greater honor than the house itself. In the same way, Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses.

Hebrews 9:4

It had the golden altar for incense. It also had the wooden chest called the ark of the covenant. The ark was covered with gold. It held the gold jar of manna. It held Aaron’s walking stick that had budded. It also held the stone tablets. The words of the covenant were written on them.