how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?

For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come 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!

I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

But if the ministry that produced death – carved in letters on stone tablets – came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),