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.
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Gill's Exposition
Who also hath made us able ministers,.... This is an answer to the question in Co2 2:16 who is sufficient for these things? no man is of himself; we are indeed sufficient for them, but not of…
Barnes' Notes
Who also hath made us able ministers ... - This translation does not quite meet the force of the original. It would seem to imply that Paul regarded himself and his fellowlaborers as people of…
Adam Clarke
Who hath made us able ministers - This is a more formal answer to the question, Who is sufficient for these things? προς ταυτα τις ἱκανος; Co1 2:16. God, says the apostle, has made us able ministers;…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Who also hath made us able ministers None of the old English versions have given the threefold repetition of the word by St Paul, who writes, -Who hath made us sufficientministers." The word St Paul…
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