2 Corinthians 3:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the glory of the first no longer seems to be glory, because of the greater glory of that which comes after.

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  • Job 25:5 : 5 See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
  • Hag 2:3 : 3 Who is there still among you who saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?
  • Hag 2:7-9 : 7 And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies. 8 The silver is mine and the gold is mine, says the Lord of armies. 9 The second glory of this house will be greater than the first, says the Lord of armies: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of armies.
  • Acts 26:13 : 13 In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.
  • Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ. 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
  • 2 Pet 1:17 : 17 For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  • Rev 21:23-24 : 23 And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb. 24 And the nations will go in its light: and the kings of the earth will take their glory into it.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.

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    11 For if the order which was for a time had its glory, much more will the eternal order have its glory.

    12 Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back,

    13 And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things:

    14 But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 3:7-9
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    7 For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

    8 Will not the operation of the Spirit have a much greater glory?

    9 For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?

  • 2 Cor 10:16-17
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    16 So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

    17 But whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31 So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29 So that no flesh might have glory before God.

  • 2 Cor 4:6-7
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    6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

    7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

  • 2 Cor 4:17-18
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    17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

    18 While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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    3 And it was right for this man to have more honour than Moses, even as the builder of a house has more honour than the house.

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    40 And there are bodies of heaven and bodies of earth, but the glory of the one is different from that of the other.

    41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for the glory of one star is different from that of another.

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    18 But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

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    31 So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

  • 1 Cor 2:7-8
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    8 Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:

  • Rom 3:7
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    7 But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?

  • Phil 1:11
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    11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

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    1 For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
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    5 On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body.

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    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

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    15 For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

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    18 Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.

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    29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

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    14 For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

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    5 And over it were the winged ones of glory with their wings covering the mercy-seat; about which it is not possible now to say anything in detail.