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 4:11
4:11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible 3 in our mortal body. 4
2 Corinthians 5:4
5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, 5 since we are weighed down, 6 because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
1 tn Or “competent.”
2 sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.
3 tn Or “may also be revealed.”
4 tn Grk “mortal flesh.”
5 sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.
6 tn Or “we are burdened.”