2 Corinthians 3:6

And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Cross References (42)

  • John 6:63 (32)

    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

  • Romans 7:6 (30)

    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit

  • Jeremiah 31:31 (26)

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the ho

  • Romans 8:2 (25)

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

  • Hebrews 8:6–10 (18)

    Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is found

  • 2 Corinthians 3:14 (13)

    But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been l

  • Hebrews 12:24 (13)

    to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:45 (13)

    So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

  • Hebrews 7:22 (12)

    Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

  • Romans 3:20 (11)

    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

  • Hebrews 13:20 (9)

    Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that

  • Luke 22:20 (9)

    In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out fo

  • Galatians 3:10–12 (8)

    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do e

  • 1 Peter 3:18 (8)

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to de

  • 1 Corinthians 11:25 (8)

    In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as y

  • Matthew 13:52 (8)

    Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner wh

  • Romans 2:27–29 (8)

    The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code an

  • Deuteronomy 27:26 (7)

    ‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

  • 1 Timothy 4:6 (6)

    By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of fait

  • Ephesians 3:7 (6)

    I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

  • Romans 7:9–11 (6)

    Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

  • Colossians 1:25–29 (6)

    I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

  • 2 Corinthians 5:18–20 (6)

    All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

  • Matthew 26:28 (5)

    This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:7 (5)

    Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not

  • Galatians 3:21 (5)

    Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, the

  • 1 Corinthians 3:5 (5)

    What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each hi

  • John 5:21 (5)

    For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

  • Romans 4:15 (5)

    because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:28 (5)

    And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, an

  • Mark 14:24 (5)

    He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

  • Hebrews 9:15–20 (4)

    Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheri

  • Romans 4:17 (4)

    As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believ

  • Ephesians 2:5 (4)

    made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

  • Romans 1:5 (4)

    Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obe

  • 1 Corinthians 3:10 (4)

    By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each on

  • 2 Corinthians 3:9 (4)

    For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

  • 2 Timothy 1:11 (3)

    to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

  • 1 Timothy 1:11–12 (3)

    that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

  • Ephesians 4:11–12 (3)

    And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teac

  • 1 John 1:1 (3)

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon a

  • Ephesians 2:1 (1)

    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,