2 Corinthians 3:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For if that which is done away ... - The splendor that attended the giving of the Law; the bright shining of the face of Moses; and the ritual institutions of his religion. It was to be done away...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For if that which is (l) done away [was] glorious, much more that which remaineth [is] glorious. (l) The Law, indeed, and the ten commandments themselves, together with Moses, are all abolished, if...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This opens the way for a comparison between the ministry under the one covenant and the ministry under the other. The former, even though its issue was historically failure, condemnation, and death,...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

glorious . through (Greek. dia. App-104. 2 Corinthians 3:1 ) glory. remaineth . Greek. meno. See p. 1511. glorious . in (Greek. en) glory.
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2009 THE GLORY OF THE GOSPEL ABOVE THAT OF THE LAW 2 Corinthians 3:7-11 . If the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel co...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. For if that which is done away, etc. - Here is another striking difference between the law and the Gospel....
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If that which is done away— St. Paul here mentions another pre-eminence and superiority of glory in the gospel over the law; namely, that the law was to cease and be abolished, but the gospel to re...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. Was glorious - literally, 'was with glory;' or 'marked by glory' х dia ( G1223 ) doxees ( G13...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct.
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For if that which is done away... — The Greek participle is in the present tense, “being done away,” or “failing,” expressing the same thought as the “decaying and waxing old” of Hebrews 8:13 . Th...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 9 THE TWO COVENANTS. 2 Corinthians 3:4-11 (R.V) THE confidence referred to in the opening of this passage is that which underlies the triumphant Sentences at the end of the second chap...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Veil upon the Heart 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 By a quick turn of thought, Paul passes from the idea of the fleshly tablets of the heart, where God writes His new name, to the Law graven on the a...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) But 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 for the glory of his countenance; whi...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

LAW AND GOSPEL COMPARED ‘But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, … much more that which remaineth is glorious.’ 2 Corinthians 3:7-11 In these verses w...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For if that which is done away ,.... Here another difference is pointed out, which subsists between the law and the Gospel, and proves that the one is more excellent and glorious than the other. The...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. Ver. 11. Much more that, &c. ] As the sun outshineth Lucifer his herald.
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Even that which was made glorious The law, especially at its first dispensation; had no glory in this respect , &c. That is, none in comparison of the gospel, which has such a transcendent glo...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that h...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Law and Gospel Compared. A. D. 57. 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testame...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle, by another argument, proveth the ministration of the gospel to be much more glorious than the ministration of the law, because it is more durable and abiding. The strength of the argumen...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For truly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remai...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES N.B. A continuous outpour of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, from 2 Corinthians 2:17 to 2 Corinthians 6:10 . 2 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:1 . Do we begin again to commend ourselves? A happy mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false teacher...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

But if the ministration of death … was glorious The peculiar glory of the gospel I. That contrasted with the law as “the ministration of condemnation” the gospel is the “ministration of righte...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need ( 2 Corinthians 3:1-47 ). His sufficiency comes from God ( 2 Corinthians 3:4-47 ), who has made him min...
2 Corinthians 3:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The glory of the ministry of righteousness:
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:6 ; 2 Corinthians 3:7 ; 2 Corinthians 4:1 ; Hebrews 12:25-29 ; Hebrews 7:21-25 ; Hebrews 8:13 ; Romans 5:20 ; Romans 5:21
2 Corinthians 3:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That which remaineth — That dispensation which remains to the end of the world; that spirit and life which remain for ever.

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 3:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes