If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new way, which makes us right with God!

若是定罪的职事有荣光，那称义的职事荣光就越发大了。

若是那使人定罪的事奉有荣光，那使人称义的事奉的荣光就越发大了。

若是那使人定罪的事奉有荣光，那使人称义的事奉的荣光就越发大了。

那定人罪的事工尚且有荣耀，这使人被称为义人的事工岂不更有荣耀吗？

如果那定人有罪的工作尚且有荣光，那使人称义的工作就更有荣光了！

因为那带来定罪的服事工作尚且有荣光，何况那带来称义的服事工作，难道不更充满了荣光吗？

若是定罪的職事有榮光，那稱義的職事榮光就越發大了。

若是那使人定罪的事奉有榮光，那使人稱義的事奉的榮光就越發大了。

若是那使人定罪的事奉有榮光，那使人稱義的事奉的榮光就越發大了。

那定人罪的事工尚且有榮耀，這使人被稱為義人的事工豈不更有榮耀嗎？

如果那定人有罪的工作尚且有榮光，那使人稱義的工作就更有榮光了！

引致定罪的職事尚且有榮光，引致稱義的職事就越滿溢着榮光了。

因為那帶來定罪的服事工作尚且有榮光，何況那帶來稱義的服事工作，難道不更充滿了榮光嗎？

若致罪之役既榮、則致義之役益榮矣、

若定罪之法榮、則稱義之法益榮、

若定罪之役有榮、則稱義之役更榮、

彼掌定罪之職者、尚且有榮、則參贊成道之事者、其榮將有不可思議者矣！

If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!

The law that condemns people to death had glory. How much more glory does the work of the Spirit have! His work makes people right with God.

For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.

For if the ministry that brought condemnation had glory, the ministry that brings righteousness overflows with even more glory.

For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness excel in glory.

For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

For if the ministration of condemnation hath glory, much rather doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness overflows with even more glory.

For if the ministration of condemnation[ be] glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!

For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.They staggered back under God’s command:“ If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said,“ I am terrified and trembling.”

But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago.We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

In fact, that first glory was not glorious at all compared with the overwhelming glory of the new way.So if the old way, which has been replaced, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new, which remains forever!

The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.

Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous— even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.

But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say,“ Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.”

God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.

and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. Warn the people,‘ Be careful! Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death.No hand may touch the person or animal that crosses the boundary; instead, stone them or shoot them with arrows. They must be put to death.’ However, when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, then the people may go up on the mountain.”So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.He told them,“ Get ready for the third day, and until then abstain from having sexual intercourse.”On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled.Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.As the blast of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God thundered his reply.

Moses was certainly faithful in God’s house as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later.But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.

When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the ram’s horn, and when they saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear.And they said to Moses,“ You speak to us, and we will listen. But don’t let God speak directly to us, or we will die!”

This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say,“ It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone.Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant.So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For I am ready to set things right, not in the distant future, but right now! I am ready to save Jerusalem and show my glory to Israel.

For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law.For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.For Moses writes that the law’s way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.But faith’s way of getting right with God says,“ Don’t say in your heart,‘ Who will go up to heaven?’( to bring Christ down to earth).And don’t say,‘ Who will go down to the place of the dead?’( to bring Christ back to life again).”In fact, it says,“ The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart.” And that message is the very message about faith that we preach:If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive by faith the righteousness God has promised to us.

This letter is from Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to you who share the same precious faith we have. This faith was given to you because of the justice and fairness of Jesus Christ, our God and Savior.

He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.The old way, with laws etched in stone, led to death, though it began with such glory that the people of Israel could not bear to look at Moses’ face. For his face shone with the glory of God, even though the brightness was already fading away.

The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.

And this will be his name:‘ The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’ In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.