Ministration of righteousness— Or, of justification. So the ministry of the gospel is called, because by the gospel a way is provided for the justification of those who have transgressed. But the law has nothing but rigid condemnation for all transgressors, and therefore is called here the ministration of condemnation.
Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 3:9
2 Corinthians 3:9
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.