2 Corinthians 3:8

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus VII.20Book VII

  “…behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away; how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 7, 8.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 18

  “He is called upright, as “the Lord is upright,” in that He is Himself truth, and is Himself Righteousness, having no divergence nor leaning to one side or to the other, on account of the immutability of His substance.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 8, 9.

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• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 23

  “Yet the Apostle says “the ministration of the Spirit is glorious.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 8.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.10Book V

  “Since he did this to maintain the superiority of the glory of the New Testament, which is permanent in its glory, over that of the Old, “which was to be done away,” this fact gives support to my belief which exalts the Gospel above the law and you must look well to it that it does not even more than this.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 7, 8.

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• Ezekiel 20:21

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.20.

• Ezekiel 20:25

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.20.

• Romans 7:12

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.20.

• Romans 7:14

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.20.