King James Version
"For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory."
— 2 Corinthians 3:9, King James Version
“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.”
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:
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: