Not of the letter; not of the written law, that is, of the Old Testament dispensation.--Of the spirit; off the gospel, which had yet been communicated thus far chiefly by direct spiritual influences, and not by written records.--Killeth; denounces death.

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Verse 7

Verse 7

The ministration of death; the ministration of that covenant which denounced death.--In stones; referring to the two tables of stone on which the ten commandments were written.--Was glorious; in respect to the circumstances of its first promulgation. Allusion is here made to the account recorded in Exodus 34:29,Exodus 34:30.--Was to be done away; was temporary and transient.

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Verse 8

Verse 8

The ministration of the Spirit, that is, of the gospel promulgated by the agency of the Spirit.

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Verse 10

Verse 10

No glory in this respect; that is, in comparison with the glory of the new dispensation.

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Verse 13

Verse 13

Put a veil over his face; symbolical of the mystery under which spiritual truth was veiled, in the old dispensation; so that the children of Israel could not understand the true end and design of these temporary ordinances, which were enjoined upon them.

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Verse 14

Verse 14

Which veil is done away; which mystery is solved.

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Verse 16

Verse 16

When it shall turn; that is, when the heart of the children of Israel shall turn.

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Verse 17

Verse 17

That Spirit; the spirit spoken of in 2 Corinthians 3:6,--namely, the spiritual dispensation. The Lord is the foundation and support of it.--Liberty; freedom from the darkness and bondage in which the soul had often been enveloped under the old dispensation.

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Bibliographical Information
Abbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. "Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3". "Abbott's Illustrated New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ain/2-corinthians-3.html. 1878.

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