2 Corinthians 3:8
New Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
λειτουργία
leitourgía
public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Key Terms in This Verse
λειτουργία leitourgía
public function (as priest ("liturgy") or almsgiver)
Study G3009 →כָּבוֹד kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Study H3519 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →Cross References
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, ...
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the t...
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear...
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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.
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
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