“Paul says this because there is more glory in salvation than there is in death. However justly a judge may condemn some-one, he earns more honor if he shows mercy, so that the guilty party is given an opportunity to mend his ways.”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
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9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
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7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
— 2 Corinthians 3:9 —
10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.