2 Corinthians 3:8-11

3:8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be? 1  3:9 For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, 2  how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness 3  excel 4  in glory! 3:10 For indeed, what had been glorious now 5  has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it. 6  3:11 For if what was made ineffective 7  came with 8  glory, how much more has what remains 9  come in glory!

1 tn Grk “how will not rather the ministry of the Spirit be with glory?”

2 tn Grk “the ministry of condemnation”; translated as an objective genitive, “the ministry that produced condemnation.”

3 tn Grk “the ministry of righteousness”; translated as an objective genitive, “the ministry that produces righteousness.”

4 tn Traditionally, “abound.”

5 tn Grk “in this case.”

6 tn The words “of what replaced it” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

7 tn Or “what was fading away.” See note on “which was made ineffective” in v. 7.

8 tn Or “through” (διά, dia).

9 tn Or “what is permanent.”