Discovery Box2 Corinthians 3:8-11 
Context3:8 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.”
