2C 3 Quote Cards

Question 1

2C 3:9

Answer 1

If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!

Question 2

2C 3:7

Answer 2

Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was,

Question 3

2C 3:3

Answer 3

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Question 4

2C 3:12

Answer 4

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

Question 5

2C 3:5

Answer 5

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.

Question 6

2C 3:13

Answer 6

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away.

Question 7

2C 3:11

Answer 7

And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

Question 8

2C 3:1

Answer 8

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Question 9

2C 3:2

Answer 9

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

Question 10

2C 3:4

Answer 10

Such confidence we have through Christ before God.

Question 11

2C 3:17

Answer 11

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Question 12

2C 3:10

Answer 12

For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory.

Question 13

2C 3:6

Answer 13

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant-not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Question 14

2C 3:14

Answer 14

But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

Question 15

2C 3:8

Answer 15

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

Question 16

2C 3:16

Answer 16

But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

Question 17

2C 3:18

Answer 17

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Question 18

2C 3:15

Answer 18

Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.