 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - Church group work - 1853 - 406 pages
...the two ministries, says, " God hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the...if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses... | |
 | Susan Warner - Bible - 1853 - 868 pages
...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...if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - Church group work - 1853 - 414 pages
...the two ministries, says, " God hath made us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the letter, but of the Spirit ; for the letter killeth, but the...if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses... | |
 | Jean-Jacques Suurmond - Religion - 1995 - 264 pages
...see Ezek.36.16). After this he emphasizes that he and his fellow-workers are made fit by God 'to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit' (v.6). Then he contrasts the abiding glory of the ministry of the new covenant with the transitory... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Religion - 1958 - 416 pages
...commandments of the law. Who hath also made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the...if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, .. . which glory was to be done away, how shall not the ministration of the... | |
 | Melvin Easterday Dieter, Anthony A. Hoekema - Religion - 1996 - 260 pages
...through the Holy Spirit. Paul said, God "has made us competent [qualified, and therefore effective] as ministers of a new covenant — not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter kills [and leaves in condemnation], but the Spirit gives life" (2 Cor. 3:6).... | |
 | Bruce B. Barton, David Veerman - Religion - 1997 - 292 pages
...past. so your real choice is clear: accept the new covenant or none at all." Believers have become "ministers of a new covenant — not of the letter but of the Spirit: for the letter kills. but the Spirit gives life" l2 Corinthians 3:6 NiVl. But how can these... | |
 | Herman Ridderbos - Religion - 1997 - 592 pages
...36:26; Jer. 31:33), and terms himself and his fellow-workers, in close connection with this, ". . . ministers of a New Covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life" (v. 6). In this contrast between letter and... | |
 | Everett Ferguson - Christian life - 1999 - 384 pages
...true reproduction of Paul's argument. Whereas Paul proclaimed that Christians 'were competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the spirit', Tertullian appears to presuppose that the New Testament is a written document and concedes... | |
 | Grant R. Osborne, Philip W. Comfort - Religion - 1999 - 502 pages
...preach the Good News as the source of his competence and his authority. 3:6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant — not of the letter but of the Spirit.MX After explaining that he wasn't boasting in himself. Paul declared that God had made him... | |
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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. 
