2 Corinthians 3:10

For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth Rather, For even that which has been glorified (i.e. the face of Moses, typical of the Law) has not been glorified in this respect (i.e. in comparison of the New Covenant. The Geneva Version renders -in this point" see ch. 2 Corinthians 9:3, where the expression occurs again, also the received text in 1 Peter 4:16) on account of the glory (i.e. of the New Covenant) which surpasses (it). Other explanations of the passage have been given, but Bp. Wordsworth, who places this passage and the LXX. of Exodus 34 in parallel columns, shews how St Paul throughout this chapter is using the very words of the LXX., which must therefore be the index to his meaning. He paraphrases thus: "that was glorified, but glorious as it was, it was not glorified in one respect that is, it was not glorified relatively to and in comparison with the EvangelicalMinistry, which far transcends its glory, and absorbs it."