2 Corinthians 3:7
But if the ministration of death, written engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which was to be done away:
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5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency of Elohim;
6 Who also has 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.
7 But if the ministration of death, written engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which was to be done away:
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation glory, much more does the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.