Catholic Public Domain Version
"For if the ministration of condemnation is with glory, so much more is the ministration of justice abundant in glory. "
— 2 Corinthians 3:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.”
“For if the ministration of condemnation hath glory, much rather doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. ”
“For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.”
“For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!”
“For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.”
“For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?”
“For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.”
And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
But if the ministration of death, engraved with letters upon stones, was in glory, (so much so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze intently upon the face of Moses, because of the glory of his countenance) even though this ministration was ineffective,
how could the ministration of the Spirit not be in greater glory?
For if the ministration of condemnation is with glory, so much more is the ministration of justice abundant in glory.
And neither was it glorified by means of an excellent glory, though it was made illustrious in its own way.
For if even what was temporary has its glory, then what is lasting has an even greater glory.
Therefore, having such a hope, we act with much confidence,