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2 Corinthians 3:3–7

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Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
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From verse 3

  1. Ezekiel 11:19Rank 1 from verse 3
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    19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

  2. Jeremiah 31:33Rank 2 from verse 3
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    33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  3. Hebrews 8:10Rank 3 from verse 3
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    10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

  4. Hebrews 10:16Rank 4 from verse 3
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    16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

  5. Psalms 40:8Rank 5 from verse 3
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    8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

  6. Exodus 31:18Rank 6 from verse 3
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    18¶ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

  7. 2 Corinthians 6:16Rank 7 from verse 3
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    16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  8. Ezekiel 36:25–27Rank 8 from verse 3
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    25¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

    26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

    27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  9. Hebrews 9:14Rank 9 from verse 3
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    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  10. Exodus 24:12Rank 10 from verse 3
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    12¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

  11. Proverbs 3:3Rank 11 from verse 3
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    3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

  12. Proverbs 7:3Rank 12 from verse 3
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    3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

  13. Psalms 84:2Rank 13 from verse 3
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    2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  14. 1 Thessalonians 1:9Rank 14 from verse 3
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    9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

  15. Matthew 16:16Rank 15 from verse 3
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    16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

  16. Psalms 42:2Rank 16 from verse 3
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    2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

  17. Exodus 34:1Rank 17 from verse 3
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    1AND the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

  18. 1 Corinthians 8:5–10Rank 18 from verse 3
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    5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

    6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

    7Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

    8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

    9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

    10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

  19. Jeremiah 10:10Rank 19 from verse 3
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    10But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  20. Revelation 2:18Rank 20 from verse 3
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    18And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

  21. Revelation 2:8Rank 21 from verse 3
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    8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

  22. Revelation 3:22Rank 22 from verse 3
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    22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

  23. Daniel 6:26Rank 23 from verse 3
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    26I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

  24. Jeremiah 17:1Rank 24 from verse 3
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    1THE sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

  25. Joshua 3:10Rank 25 from verse 3
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    10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

  26. Revelation 2:1Rank 26 from verse 3
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    1UNTO the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

  27. Revelation 2:12Rank 27 from verse 3
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    12And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

  28. Revelation 3:14Rank 28 from verse 3
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    14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

  29. Revelation 3:7Rank 29 from verse 3
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    7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

  30. 1 Samuel 17:26Rank 30 from verse 3
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    26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

  31. Revelation 3:1Rank 31 from verse 3
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    1AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

From verse 4

  1. Philippians 1:6Rank 1 from verse 4
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    6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

  2. Ephesians 3:12Rank 2 from verse 4
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    12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 1:8Rank 3 from verse 4
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    8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

  4. 2 Corinthians 2:14Rank 4 from verse 4
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    14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

  5. Exodus 18:19Rank 5 from verse 4
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    19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

From verse 5

  1. 2 Corinthians 12:9Rank 1 from verse 5
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    9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

  2. Philippians 4:13Rank 2 from verse 5
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    13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:10Rank 3 from verse 5
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  4. Philippians 2:13Rank 4 from verse 5
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    13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  5. John 15:5Rank 5 from verse 5
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    5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

  6. James 1:17Rank 6 from verse 5
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    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  7. Matthew 10:19–20Rank 7 from verse 5
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    19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

    20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

  8. 1 Corinthians 3:6Rank 8 from verse 5
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    6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

  9. Luke 21:15Rank 9 from verse 5
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    15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

  10. Exodus 4:10–16Rank 10 from verse 5
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    10¶ And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

    11And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

    12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

    13And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

    14And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

    15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

    16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

  11. Jeremiah 1:6–10Rank 11 from verse 5
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    6Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

    7¶ But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

    8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

    9Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

    10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

  12. 2 Corinthians 4:7Rank 12 from verse 5
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    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  13. 1 Corinthians 3:10Rank 13 from verse 5
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    10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

  14. 2 Corinthians 2:16Rank 14 from verse 5
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    16To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

  15. Luke 24:49Rank 15 from verse 5
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    49¶ And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

From verse 6

  1. John 6:63Rank 1 from verse 6
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    63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

  2. Romans 7:6Rank 2 from verse 6
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    6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

  3. Jeremiah 31:31Rank 3 from verse 6
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    31¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

  4. Romans 8:2Rank 4 from verse 6
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

  5. Hebrews 8:6–10Rank 5 from verse 6
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    6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

    8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

    9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

    10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

  6. 1 Corinthians 15:45Rank 6 from verse 6
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    45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

  7. 2 Corinthians 3:14Rank 7 from verse 6
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    14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

  8. Hebrews 12:24Rank 8 from verse 6
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    24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

  9. Hebrews 7:22Rank 9 from verse 6
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    22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

  10. Romans 3:20Rank 10 from verse 6
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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

  11. Hebrews 13:20Rank 11 from verse 6
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    20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

  12. Luke 22:20Rank 12 from verse 6
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    20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

  13. 1 Corinthians 11:25Rank 13 from verse 6
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    25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

  14. 1 Peter 3:18Rank 14 from verse 6
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    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  15. Galatians 3:10–12Rank 15 from verse 6
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    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

    11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

    12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

  16. Matthew 13:52Rank 16 from verse 6
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    52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

  17. Romans 2:27–29Rank 17 from verse 6
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    27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

    28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

    29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

  18. Deuteronomy 27:26Rank 18 from verse 6
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    26Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  19. 1 Timothy 4:6Rank 19 from verse 6
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    6If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

  20. 2 Corinthians 5:18–20Rank 20 from verse 6
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    18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

    19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

    20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

  21. Colossians 1:25–29Rank 21 from verse 6
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    25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

    26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

    28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

    29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

  22. Ephesians 3:7Rank 22 from verse 6
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    7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

  23. Romans 7:9–11Rank 23 from verse 6
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    9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

    10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

    11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

  24. 1 Corinthians 12:28Rank 24 from verse 6
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    28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

  25. 1 Corinthians 3:5Rank 25 from verse 6
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    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

  26. 2 Corinthians 3:7Rank 26 from verse 6
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    7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

  27. Galatians 3:21Rank 27 from verse 6
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    21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

  28. John 5:21Rank 28 from verse 6
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    21For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

  29. Mark 14:24Rank 29 from verse 6
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    24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

  30. Matthew 26:28Rank 30 from verse 6
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    28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

  31. Romans 4:15Rank 31 from verse 6
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    15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

  32. 1 Corinthians 3:10Rank 32 from verse 6
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    10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

  33. 2 Corinthians 3:9Rank 33 from verse 6
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    9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

  34. Ephesians 2:5Rank 34 from verse 6
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    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  35. Hebrews 9:15–20Rank 35 from verse 6
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    15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

    16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

    17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

    18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

    19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

    20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

  36. Romans 1:5Rank 36 from verse 6
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    5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

  37. Romans 4:17Rank 37 from verse 6
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    17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

  38. 1 John 1:1Rank 38 from verse 6
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    1THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

  39. 1 Timothy 1:11–12Rank 39 from verse 6
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    11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

    12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

  40. 2 Timothy 1:11Rank 40 from verse 6
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    11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  41. Ephesians 4:11–12Rank 41 from verse 6
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    11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

    12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

  42. Ephesians 2:1Rank 42 from verse 6
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    1AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

From verse 7

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:9–11Rank 1 from verse 7
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    9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

    10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

    11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

  2. 1 Corinthians 13:10Rank 2 from verse 7
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    10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

  3. Exodus 31:18Rank 3 from verse 7
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    18¶ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

  4. Romans 10:4Rank 4 from verse 7
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    4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

  5. 2 Corinthians 3:3Rank 5 from verse 7
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    3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

  6. 2 Corinthians 3:6Rank 6 from verse 7
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    6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

  7. Exodus 24:12Rank 7 from verse 7
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    12¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

  8. Deuteronomy 10:1–4Rank 8 from verse 7
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    1AT that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

    2And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

    3And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.

    4And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.

  9. 2 Corinthians 3:13–14Rank 9 from verse 7
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    13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

    14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

  10. Psalms 119:97Rank 10 from verse 7
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    97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

  11. Romans 4:15Rank 11 from verse 7
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    15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

  12. Acts 6:15Rank 12 from verse 7
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    15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

  13. Deuteronomy 9:15Rank 13 from verse 7
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    15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

  14. Deuteronomy 9:9–11Rank 14 from verse 7
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    9When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

    10And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

    11And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

  15. Luke 9:29–31Rank 15 from verse 7
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    29And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.

    30And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:

    31Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

  16. Psalms 119:174Rank 16 from verse 7
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    174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

  17. Romans 7:10Rank 17 from verse 7
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    10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

  18. Exodus 32:15–16Rank 18 from verse 7
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    15¶ And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

    16And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

  19. Exodus 32:19Rank 19 from verse 7
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    19¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

  20. Exodus 34:1Rank 20 from verse 7
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    1AND the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

  21. Exodus 34:28–35Rank 21 from verse 7
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    28And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

    29¶ And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

    30And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

    31And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.

    32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

    33And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.

    34But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

    35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

  22. Genesis 3:21Rank 22 from verse 7
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    21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

  23. Romans 7:22Rank 23 from verse 7
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    22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

  24. Deuteronomy 4:13Rank 24 from verse 7
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    13And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

  25. Deuteronomy 4:8Rank 25 from verse 7
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    8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  26. Deuteronomy 5:22Rank 26 from verse 7
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    22¶ These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

  27. Hebrews 9:4Rank 27 from verse 7
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    4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

  28. Nehemiah 9:13Rank 28 from verse 7
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    13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

  29. Psalms 19:7–8Rank 29 from verse 7
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    7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

    8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

  30. Romans 7:12–14Rank 30 from verse 7
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    12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

    13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

    14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

  31. Psalms 119:127–128Rank 31 from verse 7
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    127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

    128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Corinthians 3:3

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

manifestly

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Clearly; evidently; plainly; in a manner to be clearly seen or understood.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

declared

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of declare, meaning to make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ministered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of minister. Sense 1: To serve, attend, or perform service. Sense 2: To give, afford, supply, convey, or cause what is named to be supplied.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

written

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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ink

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A dark liquid or substance used for writing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

living

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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

tables

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Flat tablets or boards for writing; or pieces of furniture or surfaces used for food, money, or other business.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stone

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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

2 Corinthians 3:4

COMBINED MEANING

trust

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Sense 1: Confidence or reliance placed in a person or thing. Sense 2: To rely upon, confide in, or place confidence in. Sense 3: Something committed to another's care or charge.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

2 Corinthians 3:5

COMBINED MEANING

sufficient

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Enough, adequate, competent, or equal to the stated need, work, purpose, cost, burden, or occasion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

think

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1. To form or hold a thought. 2. To judge or suppose. 3. To intend. 4. To consider or remember. 5. To imagine or esteem.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

2 Corinthians 3:6

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

able

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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

new

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Recently made, begun, known, or received; fresh, different, or not old.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

testament

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Sense 1: A covenant. Sense 2: A solemn disposition of an inheritance.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

2 Corinthians 3:7

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ministration

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Service, ministry, administration, or the work or office of supplying or conveying something to others.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

written

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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

countenance

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1. The face, or its appearance or expression. 2. Favour, regard, or presence expressed toward someone. 3. To favour or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:1DO we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

3:2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

3:3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

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3:4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

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3:5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

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3:6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

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3:7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

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3:8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

3:9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

3:10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

3:11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

3:12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

3:13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

3:14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

3:15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

3:16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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