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2 Corinthians 3:72Cor.3.7

But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Or, si le ministère de la mort, gravé avec des lettres sur des pierres, a été glorieux, au point que les fils d'Israël ne pouvaient fixer les regards sur le visage de Moïse, à cause de la gloire de son visage, bien que cette gloire fût passagère,

KJV

But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    New Testament are of greater dignity than the ministers of the Old Testament, as the Apostle shows ( 2 Cor. 3:7,8 ). Accordingly it is evident that man's obligation to pay tithes arises partly from natural law, partly from the institution of the Church; who, nevertheless, in cons…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 96 (Migne)

    [Col. 0683B] post: Si enim quod destruitur per gloriam est, multo magis quod manet, in gloria est (II Cor. III, 7, 8, 11) . Quomodo ergo Paulus apostolus testatur se legem non destruere, sed confirmare, cum gloriam vultus Moysi, quam legem esse demonstrat, destrui praedicet? RE…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 158 (Migne)

    ta quam ms. Cister. rectius juxta quod.] misericordiam consecuti sumus, non [Col. 0547A] deficimus (II Cor. III, 7-18, IV, 1) De occisione litterae, et vivificatione spiritus, superfluum mihi videtur super haec aliquid addere. Satis igitur patet quia nec Graecis prodest, nec nob…

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