2 Corinthians 3:6

3:6 who made us adequate ¹  to be servants of a new covenant ²  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:14

3:14 But their minds were closed. ³  For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. ⁴  It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Or “competent.”

² sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.

³ tn Grk “their minds were hardened.”

⁴ tn Grk “the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant”; the phrase “they hear” has been introduced (“when they hear the old covenant read”) to make the link with the “Israelites” (v. 13) whose minds were closed (v. 14a) more obvious to the reader.

⁵ tn Or “only in Christ is it eliminated.”