2 Corinthians 3:11
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
KJV
εἰ γὰρ τὸ καταργούμενον διὰ δόξης, πολλῷ μᾶλλον τὸ μένον ἐν δόξῃ.
Greek NT
Si enim quod evacuatur, per gloriam est : multo magis quod manet, in gloria est.
Vulgate
For if that which passeth away was with glory, much more that which remaineth is in glory.
ASV
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is in glory.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καταργέω
katargeo
verb · 27×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. I said the other day, that John, to resolve the doubts of those who should question with themselves how the Lord, though He came after to the preaching, became before and more glorious than he, added, for He was before me. And this is indeed one reason. But not content with this, he adds again a second, which now he declares. What is it? And of his fullness, says he, have al…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
- 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
- 2Cor 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
- Heb 7:21 — (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
- Heb 8:13 — In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
- Rom 5:20 — Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: