For if the ministration of condemnation {be} glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. {done away: Gr. vanish away}

For Christ {is} the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

{Forasmuch as ye are} manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. {giveth life: or, quickeneth}

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, {there is} no transgression.

At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

And not as Moses, {which} put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

MEM. O how love I thy law! it {is} my meditation all the day.

And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment {was} white {and} glistering.

So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant {were} in my two hands.

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law {is} my delight.

And the commandment, which {was ordained} to life, I found {to be} unto death.

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon {these} tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony {were} in his hand: the tables {were} written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other {were} they written.

When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, {even} the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, {even} ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. {commandments: Heb. words}

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Wherefore the law {is} holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}

And what nation {is there so} great, that hath statutes and judgments {so} righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein {was} the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: {true...: Heb. laws of truth}

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

For this {is} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: {put: Gr. give} {in: or, upon}

But this {shall be} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

For the law was given by Moses, {but} grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

And the commandment, which {was ordained} to life, I found {to be} unto death.

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. {giveth life: or, quickeneth}

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, {there is} no transgression.

And not as Moses, {which} put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. {commandments: Heb. words}

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand {went} a fiery law for them. {a fiery...: Heb. a fire of law}

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is {one} that accuseth you, {even} Moses, in whom ye trust.

And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, {even} ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, {is} therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. {Teman: or, the south}

Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. {hear: Heb. add to hear}

He must increase, but I {must} decrease.

And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

And after six days Jesus taketh {with him} Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

And the tables {were} the work of God, and the writing {was} the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: