Doesn't 2 Corinthians 3:7 teach that the law written and engraved in stone "was to be done away"?

Question

No. The passage says that the "glory" of Moses' ministration of the law was to be done away, but not the law. Read the whole passage of 2 Corinthians 3:3-9 again, carefully. The subject is not the doing away with the law or its establishment, but rather, the change of the location of the law from "tables of stone" to the "tables of the heart." Under Moses' ministration the law was on stones. Under the Holy Spirit's ministration, through Christ, the law is written upon the heart (Hebrews 8:10). A rule posted on a school bulletin board becomes effective only when it enters a student's heart. Christ's ministration of the law is effective because He transfers the law to the heart of the Christian. Then keeping the law becomes a delight and a joyful way of living because the Christian has true love for both God and man.

So the laws are still in play right?

Answer 1

What laws are we talking about? An Eye for an Eye , the ones of animal sacrafice, the ten commandments. Jesus sumed it up love your God with all your heart sould and mind. Love your neighbor as your self. We are to follow the OT ten commandments but following them will not save us. Only faith in Christ. Romans clearly states the law is done away with and grace abounds

Answer 2

The apostle Paul says under inspiration at Romans 7:6 and 7 that "We [the Jews] have been discharged from the law." He goes on: I would not have known covetousness if the Law had not said you must not covet." Notice, immediately after writing that Jews had been discharged from the law, what example does he use to illustrate his teaching? The Tenth Commandment! Thus he shows that the ten commandments were included in the Law from which they had been discharged. He draws no line of demarcation between the Ten Commandments and the law. Should we?

Finally, when Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment, what was his reply? Did he isolate the Ten Commandments? No. He said you must love God with your whole heart, soul, mind body and strength. And the second is this: love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus here quotes Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18. Then he says on these two commandments the whole law hangs and the prophets. If some cling to the Ten Commandments and teach that they are binding but that the rest are not, are they not in fact rejecting what Jesus here says as to which is the greatest?

A careful consideration goes to show that Jewish Christians were discharged from the law and all other Christians [Gentile Christians] have NEVER been under the law. The Mosaic law covenant was between God and the nation of Israel.

The text must be understood in the light of acceptance of all scripture, not in the shadow of the rejection of some.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 3

We are under the NEW TESTAMENT and not the OLD. So the laws that Christ put in effect in the NEW are what we do and follow. If you want to be under the old testament you must take it all, and then you are NOT under grace and the new testament.
The Holy Spirit operates in a completely different manner that HE did under the old testament, so you can not mix the two either take one or the other.
You can't have an old will and a new will in effect at the same time, the new one does away with the old one.

Answer 4

Let me start with 2 Cor 2:3You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Note that in the KJV (AV) heart is a collective noun (that comes from the Greek word kardia). It is plural not singular.

In the New Covenant (Testament) Christians are a letter (translated from the Greek word epistle), a message not a character from Christ written by the Spirit of the living God on the tablets of human hearts (note plural). This sentence simply states in contrast to the first covenant (Judaism), the message of the new covenant will be the Christians themselves.

Paul present the Christian message first ot the Jews then to the Gentles. It is clear as presented in the Gospels, God words in the first covenant will exist after everything we know has ended. This is what Jesus taught and God keeps his promises.

Answer 5

Yes, the laws are still in play, but they are written upon the heart now. We are living temples and the Holy of Holies is our heart. In the OT the Holy of Holies in the temple was where the ark of the covenant resided. The ark of the covenant contained the stone copy of the ten commandments. We now have the laws written upon our hearts instead of in stone. The Holy Spirit of God now resides in our hearts. In the OT the Holy Spirit of God dwell in the Holy of Holies of the Jewish temple. God's spirit left the Holy of Holies (if I recall correctly this event is recorded in the book of Jeremiah).

You made a great observation.

Answer 6

Your right but you need to remember that even Jesus did not follow the rigid law that the Pharisees did. He did not believe in legalism to the extent it eliminated God and became all about the law. The law of God is really a treasure and can be found by following the Spirit.

Answer 7

various transformations of the word exists: some say ministry, others ministration and ACV says, " 7 yet whilst the administration of dying in writings engraved on stones befell in glory, so as that the sons of Israel ought to no longer gaze upon the face of Moses simply by fading glory of his countenance" the translation in all fairness straightforward. once you examine verse seven, you spot this "writings engraved on stones befell in glory." As Paul explains in yet another place, the regulation Covenant became dying dealing because of the fact it became suitable and could no longer be obeyed completely by making use of sinners. subsequently it grew to become an administration or ministry of dying because all sinners, even sins in recommendations merely, carried the dying penalty. This Paul speaks of right here in Rom 7:10, ACV, "and that i got here across to me, the commandment being for all times, it is for dying" In that way, that which became sturdy and suitable grew to become a teach to Christ because all who died below the regulation covenant found out that works could no longer shop - even though it promised life by making use of works to any obedient guy or woman. This made the regulation of religion with the aid of Christ needed. subsequently the regulation covenant written and engraved on stones became the ministry of dying, or administration of dying.

Answer 8

Didn't Jesus also say something to the effect that He has not come to enforce the Law but to fulfill it? sorry...not great on remembering exact quotes but I do know what Jesus was all about.

Answer 9

Corinth was a greek city-state. Besides that, nothing with the word Corinth in it really matters.