2 Corinthians 3:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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.a ”

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who also hath made us able ministers ... - This translation does not quite meet the force of the original. It would seem to imply that Paul regarded himself and his fellowlaborers as people of ta...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the (f) letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. (2) He amplifies his ministry and his fel...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:1 to 2 Corinthians 4:10 . The Splendour of the Apostolic Ministry in Spite of its Outward Lowliness. 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 . One of the charges laid against Paul had probably bee...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

also. Road after "ministers". hath made us able . enabled us, or made us efficient as. Greek. hikanoo. Only here and Colossians 1:12 . ministers. Greek. diakonos . App-190. the . a. ne...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Who hath made us competent. (376) He had acknowledged himself to be altogether useless. Now he declares, that, by the grace of God, he has been qualified (377) for an office, for which...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2007 THE LETTER THAT KILLETH, AND THE SPIRIT THAT GIVETH LIFE 2 Corinthians 3:6 . Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Who hath made us able ministers - This is a more f...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Not of the letter, &c.— By expressing himself as he does here, St. Paul may be understood to intimate, that the New Testament, or Covenant, was also, though obscurely, held forth in the law...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Also - accordingly. Able - rather, as...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'In speaking thus highly of my motives I am not writing a letter to commend myself, nor do I need (like these opponents of mine) letters of recommendation either to you or from you. (2)...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Able ministers of the new testament. — Better, perhaps, as keeping up the stress on the word that had been used in 2 Corinthians 2:16 , in the English as in the Greek, sufficient ministers. The...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - 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 3:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Savor of the Knowledge of Christ 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 ; 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 , imagines himself as part of his Master's procession passing through the world...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - 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 3:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? (2) Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and r...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE ‘ABLE’ OR ‘SUFFICIENT’ MINISTER ‘Able ministers of the new testament.’ 2 Corinthians 3:6 The Revised Version renders this, ‘Sufficient as ministers of a new covenant.’ The ‘ministers’ ar...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who also hath made us able ministers ,.... This is an answer to the question in 2 Corinthians 2:16 who is sufficient for these things? no man is of himself; we are indeed sufficient for them, but...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 6. Not of the letter ] To wit, of the law...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves For this great work of converting sinners, and creating them anew; or so much as to think any thing as of ourselves To form even right views of the gospel...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This verse plainly openeth what he had said before, and lets us know what sufficiency of God that was of which he there spake. He hath (saith the apostle) not found, but made us sufficient. We were...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Is Not Speaking Like This To Commend Himself. Indeed The Corinthians Themselves Are His Letter of Recommendation, Written By The Spirit of God ( 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 ). He firmly points out that...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - 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 3:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

for the letter killeth ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 7:6 ).
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 Practical Use of the New Testament. I. The New Testament is the revelation of eternal life by Christ; of life which must begin in man's spirit by the conviction of sin, must be...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - 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 3:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves … our sufficiency is of God. The sufficiency of God The all-sufficiency of God is the essence of all Christian experience, it has been the support of the...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - 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 3:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The spirit contrasted with the letter:
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:25 ; 1 Corinthians 12:28 ; 1 Corinthians 15:45 ; 1 Corinthians 3:10 ; 1 Corinthians 3:5 ; 1 John 1:1 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; 1 Timothy 1:11 ; 1 Timothy 1:12 ; 1 Timothy 4:6 ; 2 C...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new covenant — Of the new, evangelical dispensation. Not of the law, fitly called the letter, from God's literally writing it on the two tables. But of t...

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 3:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes