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whoὃςalsoκαὶmade us sufficientἱκάνωσεν ἡμᾶςto beservantsδιακόνουςof a newκαινῆςcovenant,διαθήκηςnotοὐof letterγράμματοςbutἀλλὰof Spirit;πνεύματοςforγὰρthe letterτὸ γράμμαkills,ἀποκτέννειbutδὲthe Spiritτὸ πνεῦμαgives life.ζῳοποιεῖ
2 Corinthians 3:6
Study it in the app“who also made us sufficient to be servants of a new covenant, not of letter but of Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 3:6, word by word
- made us sufficientἱκάνωσενhikanōsen
make sufficient, qualify
Make sufficient; qualify, make fit.
Where else “hikanōsen” appears- servantsδιακόνουςdiakonous
minister
One who serves God in his work, also a deacon.
Where else “diakonous” appears- of a newκαινῆςkainēs
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainēs” appears- covenantδιαθήκηςdiathēkēs
covenant
The agreement with promises and obligations that God makes with his people.
Where else “diathēkēs” appears- of letterγράμματοςgrammatos
letter of law
The law as mere writing, against the Spirit who gives life.
Where else “grammatos” appears- of Spiritπνεύματοςpneumatos
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appears- killsἀποκτέννειapoktennei
kill
Kill.
Where else “apoktennei” appears- gives lifeζῳοποιεῖzōiopoiei
give life
Give life, make alive; restore to life.
Where else “zōiopoiei” appears
The context
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
6 · This verse (above)
7Now if the service of death, engraved in letters on stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, a glory that was being set aside,