much more in order to realize it [than ordinary sufficiency]. — r^ug dtotxovovg, us ministers) Apposition. — new) An anti- thesis to old , ver. 14. — ou, not) of the New Testament , i.e ., not of the letter , but of the spirit , see Rom. vii. 6, and the following verses, with the annot. — ypa/x^urog, of the letter) Even while Paul wrote these things, he was the minister not of the letter, but of the spirit. Moses in that his peculiar office, even when he did not write, was yet employed about the letter. — mtufiarog, of the Spirit) whose ministry has both greater glory, and re- quires greater ability [sufficiency], — uroxrsivei, kills) : the letter rouses the sinner to a sense of death ; for if the sinner had life, before the letter came, there would have been no need of quickening by the Spirit. With this comp, the following verse, of death.
7. ‘H diaxoviu , the ministry) which Moses performed. — ivreru- lecafjjSVTi) LXX. xixoXctpiievYi) Ex. xxxii. 10. — \/6oig, in stones) There were then two different tables, not of one stone. Ex. xxxiv. 1 : engraven in stones , is an explanation of this clause, in letters.1 — syevijdr) h do%cp, obtained glory \was glorious] ) yi\ lofiat, I become, and £/>/', I am p<rra/], ver. 8, are different. — blvas- dai anvitfai) Ex. xxxiv. 30, epoftfiQrjtiav iyy'nSat avrti. — Muvff'zug, of Moses) engaged in the duties of his office.
8. "Etfra/) shall be. He speaks as looking from the Old Testament point of view to the New. Add, hope , ver. 12 [which similarly looks from the Old Testament stand-point to the New].
9. Karaxp/teug- dixaioavvvg, of condemnation ; of righteousness ) The glory of God shines back more brightly by the latter, than by the former. The letter condemns ; condemnation imposes death as the punishment. The Spirit, along with righteousness, brings life. — 86% a, glory) The abstract for the concrete, for the sake of brevity.
10. Ouds bido^atiruj, teas not even glorified \liad no glory]) The limitation immediately follows, in this respect . The greater
1 zv ypupcpcoiaiv, in letters. Eng. Yer. written. , etc., at the beginning of ver. 7.
So AC, and acc. toLaclim. G (but Tisch. makes G support yp»ptpt.etTi)fg Yulg. Orig. 1, 708/: 3, 498c: 4, 448a. But B and D(A) corrected later. ypot,fit,(Act'U. — Ed.
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