2 Corinthians 3:6

3:6 who made us adequate ¹  to be servants of a new covenant ²  not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 3:17

3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, ³  there is freedom.

¹ tn Or “competent.”

² sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.

³ tn Grk “where the Spirit of the Lord is”; the word “present” is supplied to specify that the presence of the Lord’s Spirit is emphasized rather than the mere existence of the Lord’s Spirit.