2 Corinthians 3:6-18, Galatians 3:23-25, Galatians 4:1-9, Galatians 4:21-31 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

2 Corinthians 3:6-18

6 who also made us sufficient as ^aministers of a ^bnew covenant, not of ^cthe letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but ^dthe Spirit gives life.
7 But if the ^aministry of death, ^bin letters having been engraved on stones, came ¹with glory, ^cso that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was being brought to an end, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be even more in glory? 9 For if ^athe ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ^bministry of righteousness abound in glory. 10 For indeed what had been glorious, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it. 11 For if that which was being brought to an end was ¹with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
12 ^aTherefore having such a hope, ^bwe use great boldness, 13 and are not like Moses, ^awho used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the consequence of what was being brought to an end. 14 But their minds were ^ahardened; for until this very day at the ^breading of ^cthe old covenant the same veil ¹remains unlifted, because it is brought to an end in Christ. 15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart, 16 but ^awhenever a person turns to the ¹Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where ^athe Spirit of the Lord is, ^bthere is freedom. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, ^abeholding as in a mirror the ^bglory of the Lord, are being ^ctransformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from ^dthe Lord, the Spirit.

Galatians 4:1-9

Sonship in Christ

Now I say, as long as the heir is a ¹child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is ²owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and stewards until the date set by the father. 3 So also we, while we were children, were ^aenslaved under the ¹^belemental things of the world. 4 But when ^athe fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, ^bborn of a woman, born ^cunder ¹the Law, 5 so that He might redeem those who were under ¹the Law, that we might receive the adoption as ^asons. 6 And because you are sons, ^aGod sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “^bAbba! Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and ^aif a son, then an heir ¹through God.
8 However at that time, ^awhen you did not know God, you were ^bslaves to ^cthose which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, having known God, or rather having been ^aknown by God, ^bhow is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless ¹^celemental things, to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

Galatians 4:21-31

An Allegory of Two Covenants

21 Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not ^alisten to the Law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, ^aone by the servant-woman and ^bone by the free woman. 23 But ^athe son by the servant-woman had been born according to the flesh, while ^bthe son by the free woman through the promise. 24 ¹^aThis is ²spoken with allegory, for these women are two covenants: one from ^bMount Sinai bearing children into ^cslavery; ³she is Hagar. 25 Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But ^athe Jerusalem above is free; ¹she is our mother. 27 For it is written,

“^aRejoice, barren woman who does not give birth;

Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;

For more numerous are the children of the desolate one

Than of the one who has a husband.”

28 And you brothers, ^ain accordance with Isaac, are ^bchildren of promise. 29 But as at that time ^ahe who was born according to the flesh ^bwas persecuting him who was born according to the Spirit, ^cso it is now also. 30 But what does the Scripture say?

“^aCast out the servant‑woman and her son,

For ^bthe son of the servant‑woman shall not be an heir with the son of the free woman.”

31 So then, brothers, we are not children of a servant-woman, ¹but of the free woman.