2 Corinthians 3:10

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^3:10For indeed, what had been glorious now¹⁹ has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.²⁰

19 Grk “in this case.”
20 The words “of what replaced it” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied to clarify the meaning.

Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it.

For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory.

In fact, what had been glorious is not glorious now by comparison because of the glory that surpasses it.

In fact, that first glory was not glorious at all compared with the overwhelming glory of the new way.

For indeed what had been glorified has not been glorified in this case, on account of the glory that surpasses it.

For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

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