2 Corinthians 3:6

3:6 who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant 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 in our mortal body.

2 Corinthians 5:4

5:4 For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

tn Or “competent.”

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

tn Or “may also be revealed.”

tn Grk “mortal flesh.”

sn See the note in 5:1 on the phrase the tent we live in.

tn Or “we are burdened.”