2 Corinthians 3:6-9

⁶His letter authorizes us to help carry out this new plan of action. The plan wasn''t written out with ink on paper, with pages and pages of legal footnotes, killing your spirit. It''s written with Spirit on spirit, his life on our lives!c

⁷The Government of Death, its constitution chiseled on stone tablets, had a dazzling inaugural. Moses'' face as he delivered the tablets was so bright that day (even though it would fade soon enough) that the people of Israel could no more look right at him than stare into the sun.d

⁸How much more dazzling, then, the Government of Living Spirit?

⁹If the Government of Condemnation was impressive, how about this Government of Affirmation?

2 Corinthians 3 presents Paul's defense of his apostolic ministry by contrasting the old covenant of the law with the new covenant of the Spirit. He argues that his credentials are not letters of recommendation but the Corinthian believers themselves, written by the Spirit on human

References· 2 Corinthians 3

a: v.3 — Ezekiel 11:19, Jeremiah 31:33, Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 10:16, Psalms 40:8, Exodus 31:18, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Hebrews 9:14, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Exodus 24:12
b: v.5 — 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 4:13, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Philippians 2:13, John 15:5, James 1:17, Matthew 10:19-20, 1 Corinthians 3:6, Luke 21:15, Jeremiah 1:6-10
c: v.6 — John 6:63, Romans 7:6, Romans 8:2, Jeremiah 31:31, Hebrews 8:6-10, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Hebrews 12:24, 2 Corinthians 3:14, Hebrews 7:22, Romans 3:20
d: v.7 — 2 Corinthians 3:9-11, 1 Corinthians 13:10, Exodus 31:18, Romans 10:4, Exodus 24:12, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Deuteronomy 10:1-4, 2 Corinthians 3:13-14, Romans 4:15
e: v.13 — Exodus 34:33-35, Ephesians 2:14-15, Hebrews 10:1-9, Colossians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 3:7, Galatians 3:23-24, Romans 10:4
f: v.14 — 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, Acts 26:18, Romans 11:25, Romans 11:7-10, John 12:40, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 1:17-20, Matthew 13:11, John 8:12, Ezekiel 12:2
g: v.16 — Exodus 34:34, Isaiah 25:7, Isaiah 29:18, John 6:45-46, Jeremiah 31:34, Romans 11:23, Romans 11:25-27, Lamentations 3:40, Deuteronomy 4:30, Isaiah 54:13
h: v.17 — Romans 8:2, John 8:32, Galatians 5:13, Galatians 4:6, Galatians 5:1, Isaiah 61:1-2, John 6:63, 2 Timothy 1:7, Romans 8:15-16, Psalms 51:12
i: v.18 — 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 4:22-24, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 13:12, Colossians 3:10, Romans 8:29, 1 Corinthians 15:49, 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 1:14

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