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Verse 2 Corinthians 3:6. _WHO HATH MADE US ABLE MINISTERS_] This is a
more formal answer to the question, _Who is sufficient for these
things_? προς ταυτα τις ἱκανος; 2 Corinthians
2:16. God, says t...
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WHO ALSO HATH MADE US ABLE MINISTERS ... - This translation does not
quite meet the force of the original. It would seem to imply that Paul
regarded himself and his fellowlaborers as people of talents...
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4. THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IN CONTRAST WITH THE OLD.
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The Epistle of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:1)_
2. The True Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:4)
3. The Old and New Ministry Con...
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2 Corinthians 3:1 to 2 Corinthians 4:10. THE SPLENDOUR OF THE
APOSTOLIC MINISTRY IN SPITE OF ITS OUTWARD LOWLINESS.
2 Corinthians 3:1. One of the charges laid against Paul had probably
been that of
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EACH MAN A LETTER OF CHRIST (2 Corinthians 3:1-3)...
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We can believe this with such confidence because we believe it through
Christ and in the sight of God. It is not that in our own resources we
are adequate to reckon up the effect of anything that we h...
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ALSO. Road after "ministers".
HATH MADE US ABLE. enabled us, or made us efficient as. Greek.
_hikanoo._ Only here and Colossians 1:12.
MINISTERS. Greek. _diakonos_. App-190.
THE. a.
NEW. Greek. _k...
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_Who also hath made us able ministers_ None of the old English
versions have given the threefold repetition of the word by St Paul,
who writes, -Who hath made us _sufficient_ministers." The word St Pa...
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ὋΣ ΚΑῚ ἹΚΆΝΩΣΕΝ ἩΜΑ͂Σ ΔΙΑΚΌΝΟΥΣ. _Who
also_ MADE _us_ SUFFICIENT AS _ministers_ (R.V.). The repetition,
ἱκανοί, ἱκανότης, ἱκάνωσεν, must be
preserved; also the aorist, which (as in Colossians 1:12) po...
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1–6. These opening verses deal with a difficulty which had been
growing at Corinth. He was so often obliged to speak of himself and
his authority, that he laid himself open to the sneering reminder th...
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_MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 2 CORINTHIANS 3:6-11:_ Paul was made
an able minister of the New Testament. The term "Testament" refers to
a covenant or an agreement. "New" has reference to being made...
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DISCOURSE: 2007
THE LETTER THAT KILLETH, AND THE SPIRIT THAT GIVETH LIFE
2 Corinthians 3:6. _Who also hath made us able ministers of the new
testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the l...
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NOT OF THE LETTER, &C.— By expressing himself as he does here, St.
Paul may be understood to intimate, that the _New Testament,_ or
_Covenant,_ was also, though obscurely, held forth in the law; for h...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTARY
SECTION 1
It Dooms The Soul (2 Corinthians 3:1-6)
3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some
do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2You yo...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Paul's Glorious Ministry Under the New Covenant
Scripture_
2 Corinthians 3:4-11. And such confidence have we through Christ to
God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves,...
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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.
ALSO - accordingly.
ABLE - rather, as the Gree...
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6 The covenant of the letter is the law of Moses which was engraven in
stone, to symbolize its unyielding sternness. There is no reference to
the letter of Scripture. It is the law that kills, just as...
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3:6 covenant; (g-12) The omission of the article makes it
characteristic, as in the case of 'letter' and 'spirit;' perhaps it
may be rendered 'competent [as] new covenant ministers.' kills, (h-22)
Or...
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PARAPHRASE. 'In speaking thus highly of my motives I am not writing a
letter to commend myself, nor do I need (like these opponents of mine)
letters of recommendation either to you or from you. (2) Yo...
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This chapter is closely connected with what goes before, and carries
on the vindication of the Apostle's conduct....
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PARAPHRASE. 'All my power in saving men comes from God, who has given
me grace to proclaim a new covenant between Himself and His people—a
covenant which is not a formal legal system, but an indwellin...
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GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK
2 CORINTHIANS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 3
V1 But we are not trying to recommend ourselves. And we do not need
letters to recommend us, like some people. V2 You a...
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ABLE MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. — Better, perhaps, as keeping
up the stress on the word that had been used in 2 Corinthians 2:16, in
the English as in the Greek, _sufficient ministers._ The noun...
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CHAPTER 9
THE TWO COVENANTS.
2 Corinthians 3:4 (R.V)
THE confidence referred to in the opening of this passage is that
which underlies the triumphant Sentences at the end of the second
chapter. The...
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ὃς καὶ ἱκάνωσεν κ. τ. λ.: _who also_ (“qui
idem”; _cf._ 1 Corinthians 1:8) _made us sufficient as ministers of
the New Covenant_ [ministers] _not of the letter_ (_i.e._, the Law),
_but of the Spirit;...
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HIS SUCCESS IN THE MINISTRY OF THE NEW COVENANT IS ALTOGETHER DUE TO
GOD....
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THE SAVOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST
2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 3:1
Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14, imagines himself as part of his Master's
procession passing through the world.
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The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the
power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read
of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They w...
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PAUL'S LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
It seems Paul was criticized for using personal examples in his first
epistle. The apostle makes it clear that he needs neither boasting nor
letters of commendation as...
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(2) Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of
the (f) letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the
spirit giveth life.
(2) He amplifies his ministry and his fello...
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To think any thing of ourselves, that may deserve a reward in heaven.
--- But Christ hath made us fit ministers of his New Testament by the
Spirit: for the letter of the Old Testament killeth, but the...
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(1) Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some
others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation
from you? (2) Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and re...
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_THE ‘ABLE’ OR ‘SUFFICIENT’ MINISTER_
‘Able ministers of the new testament.’
2 Corinthians 3:6
The Revised Version renders this, ‘Sufficient as ministers of a new
covenant.’ The ‘ministers’ are tho...
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_THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL_
‘The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.’
2 Corinthians 3:6
This short sentence is frequently misinterpreted; certainly it is
frequently misapplied. Beyond doubt th...
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6._Who hath made us competent. _(376) He had acknowledged himself to
be altogether useless. Now he declares, that, by the grace of God, he
has been qualified (377) for an office, for which he was prev...
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These words give rise to an exposition of the gospel in contrast with
the law, which the false teachers mixed up with the gospel. He gives
this exposition with the most touching appeal to the heart of...
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WHO ALSO HATH MADE US ABLE MINISTERS,.... This is an answer to the
question in 2 Corinthians 2:16 who is sufficient for these things? no
man is of himself; we are indeed sufficient for them, but not o...
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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.
Ver. 6. _Not of the letter_] To wit, of the law, w...
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_Not that we are sufficient of ourselves_ For this great work of
converting sinners, and creating them anew; or so much as _to think
any thing as of ourselves_ To form even right views of the gospel a...
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HATH MADE US ABLE MINISTERS; hath given us sufficiency to be
ministers, as the original means.
THE NEW TESTAMENT; the new covenant of the gospel, revealing the way
of salvation through Jesus Christ....
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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.
The work which Paul had done at Corinth as God's se...
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The spirit contrasted with the letter:...
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Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or
defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not
so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that he...
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GIVETH LIFE:
Or, quickeneth...
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1-11 Even the appearance of self-praise and courting human applause,
is painful to the humble and spiritual mind. Nothing is more
delightful to faithful ministers, or more to their praise, than the
s...
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This verse plainly openeth what he had said before, and lets us know
what sufficiency of God that was of which he there spake. He hath
(saith the apostle) not found, but _made us_ sufficient. We were...
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who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the
letter, but of the spirit [i. e., not a minister of the old, legal
dispensation, but of the new, spiritual dispensation]: for the...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
Therefore "the New Testament" will appertain to none other than Him
who promised it-if not "its letter, yet its spirit; "[501]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
Ev...
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2 Corinthians 3:6 who G3739 also G2532 made G2427 us G2248 sufficient
G2427 (G5656) ministers G1249 new G2537
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HE IS NOT SPEAKING LIKE THIS TO COMMEND HIMSELF. INDEED THE
CORINTHIANS THEMSELVES ARE HIS LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, WRITTEN BY
THE SPIRIT OF GOD (2 CORINTHIANS 3:1).
He firmly points out that he does...
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‘And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward. Not that we
are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves;
but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as...
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2 Corinthians 3:6. WHO ALSO MADE US SUFFICIENT AS MINISTERS OF THE NEW
COVENANT. The same word is in the original thrice repeated in
different forms, and it might be rendered ‘not we are fit of
our-se...
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WHO ALSO MADE US SUFFICIENT FOR SUCH CONFIDENCE
(ος κα ικανωσεν ημας). Late causative verb from
ικανος (verse 2 Corinthians 3:5) first aorist active indicative,
"who (God) rendered us fit." In N.T....
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FOR THE LETTER KILLETH
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 7:6). _...
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2 Corinthians 3:6
Practical Use of the New Testament.
I. The New Testament is the revelation of eternal life by Christ; of
life which must begin in man's spirit by the conviction of sin, must
be ente...
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CONTENTS: The ministry of Christ accredited. Its spiritual and
glorious character.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Moses.
CONCLUSION: True ministers are Christ's instruments, for He is th...
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2 Corinthians 3:1. _Do we begin again to commend ourselves?_ A happy
mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into
self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false
teachers....
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NOT OF A WRITTEN LAW. Jeremiah's prophecy told about a _new covenant_
(Hebrews 8:10). It would be a time when God would make _us capable of
serving,_ as Paul says here. Paul sees this fulfilled in the...
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_Not that we are sufficient of ourselves … our sufficiency is of
God._
THE SUFFICIENCY OF GOD
The all-sufficiency of God is the essence of all Christian experience,
it has been the support of the fa...
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_Who hath made us able ministers of the New Testament._
AN ABLE MINISTER OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Two things are implied.
I. First, Gifts--natural endowments. A minister of the New Testament
ought to h...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:6 MINISTERS. Whereas
“apostle” refers to Paul’s authoritative _office_,
“minister” (or “servant”) refers to how he carries out his
work. He can share this role wi...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:1 Paul makes it clear that, as
an apostle, he was called to mediate the Spirit in fulfillment of the
new covenant.
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CHAPTER III.
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. Paul asserts that he does not seek or need the praise of men, as
the Judaising false apostles sought it: the fruit of his preaching is,
he says, sufficient co...
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_Not of the letter but of the spirit._ Not of the law, but of grace. I
am a minister of the New Testament, but not in such a way that I bring
tables of the law and of the covenant and its words, as di...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,”
and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians
2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10.
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EXPOSITION
Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does
not need (2 Corinthians 3:1). His sufficiency comes from God (2
Corinthians 3:4), who has made him minister of a coven...
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Shall we turn tonight to the third chapter of II Corinthians.
Paul the apostle, it seemed, had the detractors to his ministry, men
that followed him around seeking to discredit him. There are always
t...
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1 Corinthians 11:25; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 15:45; 1
Corinthians 3:10;...
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Hath made us able ministers [ι κ α ν ω σ ε ν η μ α ς δ ι
α κ ο ν ο υ ς]. An unfortunate translation, especially in view
of the conventional sense of able. The verb iJkanow from iJkanov
sufficient (see...
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Who also hath made us able ministers of the new covenant — Of the
new, evangelical dispensation. Not of the law, fitly called the
letter, from God's literally writing it on the two tables. But of the...