9If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!


In Context

6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was,

8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

9 If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!

10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory.

11 And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

2nd Corinthians 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For if the ministry of condemnation be glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9for if the ministration of the condemnation is glory, much more doth the ministration of the righteousness abound in glory;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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