17 And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord `is', there `is' liberty;
for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;
and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'
For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah `is' on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.
for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;
so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam `is' for a life-giving spirit,
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Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 3
The apostle makes an apology for his seeming to commend himself, and is careful not to assume too much to himself, but to ascribe all praise unto God (v. 1-5). He then draws a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, and shows the excellency of the later above the former (v. 6-11), whence he infers what is the duty of gospel ministers, and the advantage of those who live under the gospel above those who lived under the law (v. 12-18).
2Cr 3:1-5
In these verses,
2Cr 3:6-11
Here the apostle makes a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, the law of Moses and the gospel of Jesus Christ, and values himself and his fellow-labourers by this, that they were able ministers of the New Testament, that God had made them so, v. 6. This he does in answer to the accusations of false teachers, who magnify greatly the law of Moses.
2Cr 3:12-18
In these verses the apostle draws two inferences from what he had said about the Old and New Testament:-