 Okay, so we stopped at verse 11 chapter 2 and so Paul is inviting and encouraging the Corinthian church to forgive this person and he says forgive, reaffirm your love, comfort, all that and then this is what he says, you know, lest Satan should say take advantage of us. So the very important thing is that if there is, you know, see now when there was a decision taken in order to correct, bring in correction in a person's life, now that was the right decision, that was the correct thing. Now when we see the repentance and here again the correct decision is to bring that person back into fellowship, which is again the right thing to do. So now if you do not do the right thing, so Paul is saying that we don't want Satan to take advantage of us. Okay, now if we are not doing the right thing, right, we know that this is, we've seen the repentance, we've seen the person's change of heart, now the right thing to do is to, is not continue in unforgiveness or in not continue in that same manner but to actually make a change and forgive that person, comfort the person, reaffirm the love for that person, now that's the right thing to do. Now when that is not done, it will take advantage of our lives, take advantage meaning, we'll do everything to, you know, deceive us to bring in maybe unforgiveness, maybe bring in offence and all that. So he's saying, you know, we are not unaware of Satan's devices, we know that they're very capable of doing that. So you know, the reality of spiritual warfare, the reality of, you know, deception and sin and so on that the Satan wants to bring in. We know that Satan is defeated and is, you know, defeated by the Lord on the cross and so on but Satan still chooses to, or is, you know, is on the earth and continues to deceive if we have authority and we should not be ignorant about his works and the way he works. So once we have the knowledge, okay, this is something that Satan will do, Satan will tempt, Satan will, you know, if I continue like this, then Satan will, it's possible that I, you know, I get cheated, I get deceived by Satan. So while we know that, when we know that, when we have that information, then we should not allow Satan to take advantage of us as believers. Very clear, very simple. So we now, when in scripture we read and we say, okay, if we do this, we open the door for Satan. In Ephesians, we see that, Paul writing that, you know, don't let the sun go down on your wrath nor give a foothold for the devil. Okay. So which means what? Which means is that when I, if I'm continuing and unforgiveness and anger and sin, anger and wrath, I am actually giving an open door for the devil, open door for Satan to come in, come into my life, come into, you know, a family and come into the church. So I should not give room for that. Okay. So the reality of that, Paul is presenting, you know, this, this is the reality. If we are continuing in this, well Satan will take advantage. Okay. So for us as believers, we need to know that we need to be informed about this. Yes, we are informed about this, but how, what do we do with that information? Right? Do we still allow Satan to take advantage because of our decisions, because of our choices, right? Because of our, you know, not doing certain things which God has clearly told us to do or which we, when we hesitate to do certain things which God has called us to do, we, we are, you know, giving Satan the upper hand. Right? So scriptures very clear. Do not give Satan the advantage. Right? Okay. So that's something that we learn. Let's, let's continue to read from verse 12 onwards. Okay. Verse 12. Furthermore, when I came to true us to preach Christ's gospel and the door was open, open to me by the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find Titus my brother, taking my leave of them I departed for Macedonia. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ and through us diffuses the fragrance of his knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one, we are the aroma of death leading to death. And to the other, the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we are not as so many peddling the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ. Okay. So it talks about an incidence where verse 12 he says where he came to true us and he was preaching the gospel and there was a door open to him by the Lord, but and also talks about, you know, how he was waiting to see Titus and he couldn't meet him. And so after he finished, he took leave and then he took leave of them. He moved from there to Macedonia. So he's saying he was concerned about Titus. He could not see him. And then he says, you know, I had no rest in my spirit, right? He was troubled in a man, he was troubled in his spirit because he could not find Titus. Now later, we see that Titus joins and then, you know, we see that in verse chapter seven, we read about it, you know, maybe we can just quickly turn the chapter seven. We read about how Paul says, nevertheless, God verse six, chapter seven and verse six, nevertheless, God who comforted the downcast comforted us by the coming of Titus and not only by his coming but also by the consolation with which he was comforted you, which and so on. So, you know, he was again, Titus rejoined, they were reunited and so on. So that, you know, he was comforted greatly comforted in that. Okay. So, yeah, let me just project the notes for those of you who didn't download it. So verse 12 says, you know, this is what happened versus 12 and 13, and you see, you know, a great door was opened to me by the Lord. So a great opportunity to minister, again, opportunity minister, this specifically says it was opened to him by the Lord. Okay. So, from the, this verse from 14 onwards and till chapter seven and verse four. Okay. So, we see that Paul beginning to write about the nature of his ministry. So, here he writes about certain, the way in which they ministered, he also writes about you know, his apostleship, he defends his apostleship, the kind of difficulties and the way in which, you know, the way in which he lived the kind of lifestyle they had and all that. So, so that is something that he's writing. So from this we see that, you know, all the reason for Paul to write this is, maybe people still felt, you know, that they, they just felt that Paul's ministry and his apostleship, because he, you know, he's, he's writing to them about the genuine or the authentic way in which a minister should, should actually live and minister, right. So he contrasts that with some of the false apostles or people who, you know, who are the way in which we, in which they, they, they live and minister and so on. So, he talks about that also in the, you know, the later chapters, right. Okay. So let's look at verse 14, right. It says, now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ and through us diffuses the fragrance of his knowledge in every place. Okay. So it says, thanks be to God, thanks be to the Lord Jesus who, what does he do? You know, he leads us in triumph. Okay. So he leads us victoriously in Christ Jesus. I'm a believer, I'm in Christ, one spirit with him and the Lord and the Lord God leads me in triumph, leads us as believers in triumph. In every situation, you know, we can expect to be let out what seems to be like utter failure, what seems to be like utter defeat, we can expect God to work and, you know, as long as we are submitted to him, as long as we are, you know, following his leading, we can, we can, we can expect to be led by the Lord into triumph. Okay. So which means that when he leads, one has to follow. Okay. That's for sure. Right. Even in Psalm 23, we see, you know, he leads me. It means that when one is leading, the ones who are being led have to follow. Only then the leading will make sense. Okay. If I'm not following, then I cannot go into the areas or go into the positions which God has for me. Possessions he has for me. So this leading aspect is only effective as long as we are following. Okay. So here it says that God leads us in triumph. So that is God's will, that is God's desire. Okay. That's something that we understand. God wants to lead us into triumph or in triumph, victoriously in triumph in Christ. So that's God's will. Right. So our will needs to be united or be one with God's will and say, okay, yes, Lord, you cost me to walk in triumph. Right. You lead me in triumph in Christ. Right. So we don't have to stay defeated. Right. We don't have to stay in a place of failure. He leads us in triumph in Christ Jesus, which means if he's leading, that means desire. Right. So what is our will and desire? Do you want to stay in victory? It's a same defeat, same failure, or do we want to be led by him? So to be led by him, we need to follow him as he leads us in triumph. Okay. Okay. So here Paul is actually using a picture which the Roman army, in many places he uses that. Right. In Ephesians 6 also, we see that he talks about the armor, the spiritual, I mean the armor which a person wears. And we see that these are pieces of armor that a Roman soldier would wear. Right. The shield, the belt and the sword and everything. So here also he uses that picture of a victorious army returning. Okay. When the Roman army would conquer some land and they would march through the streets to the capital. So this is what would happen that they would, you know, all these state officials and all this army would go and then they would also carry whatever the spoils of that place was and then they would also be a sacrifice of a bull, of a white bull, which would be made and the people who were captured or the kings or the princes, the generals of armies, they'll be taken in chains. So they'll be put in prison or executed or, you know, so then there'll be some musicians who are singing the praise of the emperor and then there'll be some priests coming there bringing incense. So he's saying, you know, that picture, he's actually painting that picture about God leading us in triumph with Christ. So he's saying, this is what would happen. So the very, so the historian, you know, Barclay, he makes mention of that. It's there in the notes, you can, you know, it's what I'm projecting there. You can take time to read through it. But the fact is that that incense, that fragrance was, was, would remind the people about the victory, because it was a victory position, a possession, sorry, procession. So it was victory march and it would remind them, oh, the armies saying so it was a fragrance of victory. Also, it was that very smell would remind people that, you know, it was also remind the enemies that it was, for them it was a fragrance of death, right? It was not a fragrance of life, it was a fragrance of death, because they would face imprisonment or, you know, executed. So because they were, they were being captured by the Roman army. So he painted that picture. Okay, so the thing is this, that he's saying we are to God the fragrance of Christ. Okay, let's look at verse 14 again, who leads us in triumph in Christ. Okay, so that's the thing. And through us, defuses the fragrance of his knowledge in every place. Okay, so through the believer, through the church, through each individual believer and collectively as the church, what happens is, he defuses the knowledge, the fragrance of his knowledge. So through us, you know, the gospel is communicated through us, through our lives, people see what it is to follow Christ. Through us, the truth is communicated. So he's saying, you know, through us, God defuses the knowledge or the fragrance of his knowledge, fragrance of his knowledge. Knowledge is like, it's like fragrance, it's sweet smelling, pleasant smelling, right? Something that's something that's very nice to smell. So the knowledge of his presence in every place. Okay, so that's what he does. And verse 15, excuse me, for we are to God the fragrance of Christ. Okay, why? We carry the presence of God. We know the truth. And we are to God the fragrance of Christ. Okay, so the knowledge of Christ is sweet smelling is like a fragrance. And we are to God the fragrance of Christ, which means that wherever he places us, we are the fragrance of, fragrance of Christ, the sweet aroma of Christ in every place. We bring that knowledge, that's, which is like sweet fragrance, we bring that knowledge to that place. Okay, so we are to God the fragrance of Christ. Among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. So in every place, there are people who are being saved, they are making their decision for Christ. And there are those who are not making a decision and refusing to make a decision. Right? So those, there are those who are being saved, who are making a choice to live for Christ. And there are those who are perishing, and those who are refusing to make a decision to receive life, to receive eternal life. Right? So to both, we are the fragrance of Christ. Okay, look at verse 16. To the one, we are the aroma of death leading to death. Just like how when the Roman army would come in a victorious procession, they will be carrying some prisoners, the other kings and the other army generals, they'll be carrying some prisoners, bringing some prisoners. Now for the prisoners, that aroma, that fragrance of that incense, what was burnt, it was, for them, it is like, it reminds them that there's going to be death. They're going to be facing death. Okay? It says here, to the one, we are the aroma of death leading to death. Okay? And to the other, the aroma of life, because it talks about victory. It talks about, you know, the life that is there, if that is possible, was available in Christ. So to the ones who are perishing, it's the aroma of death. Why? Because it talks about the fact that one who has not received, or one who has not received life, but is walking in condemnation. They are being condemned. Why? Because they refuse to receive life. So to the one, we, the believers, we are the aroma of death. So even though to God, we are the fragrance of Christ, and we are called to be the fragrance, diffuse the fragrance of Christ, of the knowledge of Christ in every place. But to those who are perishing, we are the aroma of death. We remind them about the fact that they have not received life. And to the other, the aroma of life. We are the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? The second part of that was who is sufficient for these things. For we are not as, so who, in the sense, you know, who makes this possible? Obviously, the answer is it is God, God who makes these things possible. And in fact, in the next chapter, chapter three, he talks about the sufficiency that we are made sufficient as ministers of the new covenant. Okay, so that which means that he has equipped us, trained us, he has, his presence is with us, he has given us his word. So we are, you know, we are sufficient, our sufficiency, our ability to, to do, to minister comes from Christ. Right, so we see that. Okay. Okay, so the, I think let's just look at that word, you know, sufficient means competent. It also means fit, sorry, competent and fit, or competent means you have the ability and you have the fitness to do the job. Right. So who is sufficient for these things? Because the Lord is the one who makes us competent and fit for the work of ministry. Okay. 17 he says, we are not as so many peddling the word of God, but as of sincerity, and as from God, we speak in the sight of God and Christ. So he's talking about people, they're talking about others who are living at that time. And also even today, that's the reality. So says that we are not like the others. And what are they doing? They are peddling the word of God, peddling, meaning, you know, the one is, of course, to sell. Okay. But it also means to adulterate or to corrupt. It's like, when you mix, you know, let's say you make, you have one liter of milk, but you make it two liters by adding water. Okay. And you sell two liters. Okay. But whereas the good quality milk is only one liter, but you have added another one liter of water to make it two liters. And then you are selling that, selling for a higher price, of course, you're getting more money. So one thing is you are selling it, right? In order so that you are benefited, you get money. And secondly, what you're selling is also it is adulterated. It is corrupted because it's not of good quality. And it is mixed with water, this water down diluted. Okay. So that's the, that's a picture that we get of peddling. So you're saying we are not like so many others who are peddling the word of God. This is what they're doing with the truth. They are, they are adulterating the truth. They are adding to it. They're making, diluting it in other words, you know, the word of God is not how it is supposed to be preached. Okay. They are selling it. They are doing it for their own gain, not worried about how it will affect the people. The person who mixes like these, you know, the food, maybe even in, you've heard so many times, so many, you know, when rice is sold or when some other thing is sold, you know, they add so much to it. They add something which is, which might actually affect the health of the other person, right? They add so much of, you know, to the rice, to the, to the wheat, the, or maybe it fits to the chili powder, you know, some, they add something to it so that it's red in color, but it's, it's not good for the body, right? It is, it is damaging to the body. It's, it, it's not beneficial for the person who's, you know, who's eating, who's consuming it, who uses it for the cooking, but they still do it so that they can be benefited. Okay. And they are not mindful of whether it's benefiting the person, the other person, not mindful of that at all. So he's saying, you know, there are people who are doing this. They are peddling the word of God. With the word of God, they're doing the same thing. They're adding to it. They are diluting it. And they are, you know, maybe for the sake of money, they are doing this. Okay. Not caring how it'll affect the person. They're doing it. Okay. But he's saying, you know, but we are not like that. But as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ Jesus, in Christ. Okay. So, so since, you know, as from God, you know, this is the word of God, as from God, we speak in the sight of God, that God is our witness. So we come from Him, as of, as from God, which means we are sent out by Him. And this word is from Him. We are being sent out from and commissioned by Him. And we speak in the sight of God. Okay. When God is listening, God is watching to what we are communicating and what we are giving the way we are ministering. So we speak in the sight of God in Christ. So we are not peddling the word of God. Okay. So, and then he continues on onto chapter three. Okay. So we'll just maybe if you want to have, if you have any questions before we go on to chapter three, maybe, you know, you have something to, something that you feel that you have learned. Okay. What is that one thing that you, you know, that you've learned or that you've, you feel that was, that touched your heart, that you felt was highlighted, you know, in all these passages, you looked at chapter, the second half of chapter one, and then also the whole of chapter two. Like, what do you feel is highlighted? What do you think is your learning? You could share that. Right. Kanan, what do you feel, you know, what, from what we learned, what do you think stood out to you, chapter one and chapter two? You can put it in the chat or you can even, you know, share. Okay. Well, Kanan is thinking maybe, Erin, you can share from chapter one, from chapter two. What do you feel is, you know, something that stood out to you, something that was highlighted, which you feel is your, you know, takeaway from these two chapters. So, time to open for everyone. Okay. Like Kiran, Nelan, Erin, whoever, you can just share. Okay. So Kiran says, forgive, forgiving others. Right. Okay. So that you see from chapter two, right. He's instructing and the believers to forgive the person who formerly, you know, was put out of fellowship. Like, that's what we see. Yeah. Okay. We have dominion over the sin. Okay. So from, from, like which verse, Erin, which you see that we have dominion over the sin, any particular verse based on which, you know, you're sharing that. Romans, is it from the book of Romans? Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we, we looked at the Roman army and okay, it's that he leads us in triumph. Okay. Yes. You're right. Okay. And thanks to the Lord for everything. Okay. We give thanks. Yes. So that's how he starts. Give thanks to God. Right. What else? What else do you, you know, God's deliverance. Okay. Right. So Adam makes us slaves and the Lord Jesus makes us rulers. Yeah. He causes us to be victorious. He causes us to triumph. Yeah. Right. Anything else? Sid, Dave, Elam, anything else that you, you know, from these two chapters, what you learned, what you felt was a takeaway. Okay. From the, you know, the background from what we see, we also learn about, you know, why, like Paul actually is talking a lot about himself, his ministry, the way they lived, etc. So we learn a lot about that also. Right. So, you know, even when he was being in correction to the believer, right, what, what he went through, what he was going through, it was not as if, you know, he just spoke harshly to them because, you know, they were not living right. It was not like that. Right. So he, whatever he said, it was with a lot of, he thought about it, prayed about it. You know, that's very clear. And also he, he was, you know, in a way sensitive to what would happen to them when he, when he says, he says, you know, I know I made you sorrowful. You know, he was, he was, he was aware of that. It is not like, no matter how you feel, I'm just going to, you know, go and do this. He was aware of it. He was aware of what they were going through. But at the same time, he was also, he also knew that he had to bring in correction. So we are delivered even in suffering God comforts us. Yes, that is something that we saw right there in chapter one that in God, it comforts us in all our tribulations. Right. And as the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of the, you know, gospel increase in us as a tribulation increase, so also the consolation. Okay, so that's something that we that we saw. Okay. Okay. Right. What else? Is it anything from your side? Neelam? Okay, grace and peace. Yes. Yes. That's, that's true. Right. So we saw the grace of God and the peace from God. So Paul, over and over again, he, he greets the people, he blesses the people with these two things, right? The grace from God and the peace from God. Yeah. Okay. So we can, we can move on to chapter three. Okay. So in chapter three, it's again a continuation of the last part of chapter two where he's saying verse 17, chapter two verse 17, we are not as so many, peddling the word of God, you know, we are not adulterating, diluting and, you know, communicating the word of God so that we get some monetary benefit that we are, you know, we get money out of it. We're not peddling the word of God, we're not selling it. Right. So then chapter three, let me put that for us. So chapter three. Okay. Let's, let's read the first few verses. So do we begin again to commend ourselves or do we need as some others epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men. Clearly, you are an epistle of Christ ministered by us written not with ink, but by the spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of flesh that is of the heart. Okay. So, so during that time, Paul talks about ministry practice where there would be letters of recommendation. Now, it seems to be, you know, some practice which was there where Paul himself, of course, he recommended the ministry of Timothy, Titus, Apollos, right. And we see Paul writing to in his epistles, writing about Timothy, you know, and if you, Timothy comes, you receive him, see that he is there without fear. And also he writes about Apollos saying, you know, I asked Apollos to come to you, but he was unwilling at this time, but he will come there when he is at a convenient time. So, so he was in fact recommending their ministry, affirming their ministry, saying that, okay, these are good people. Okay. So, similarly, there were letters of recommendation from people of repute or people who were esteemed as ministers of God. So, there were letters of recommendation. They would say, okay, he's a nice person. He's a credible person. God is using them in these ways. Therefore, you know, you can very safely have them in the in the congregation, etc. And this was also a safeguard because there were others who were, you know, like he mentioned, there were others who are peddling the word of God, and there were some false prophets, false teachers, right. So, this was like a safety measure. So, they would, so Paul and the others would, you know, recommend and say, okay, these are good people, right. And so Paul is saying, you know, do we need, do we need any recommendation letter like that, right, from you or letters of commendation from you to be given to others, right, do we need any saying that you are our episode. In fact, you know, your transformed life itself is, is enough that itself is a letter. It's an epistle. It's like a letter of commendation to your transformed lives. And he's, you know, he says, you are our epistle written in our hearts. So, meaning that he carried, you know, the Corinthian believers very close to, you know, they were close to him in the sense that he considered them, you know, as people who were precious and he carried them in their heart. You know, obviously, you know, like he's spent about one and a half years with them, teaching them, and whatever, you know, showing them things from the word about the Spirit of God and, you know, getting them and praying for them, they were filled with the Spirit, they were moving in the gifts. So all that has happened in this time with them, right, the time that he spent with them. So obviously, they were close to his heart. And so he says, you are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men. So the way you live your life, your transformed life, and etc. Now, clearly, he says, verse three, you are an epistle of Christ. Firstly, he said, you are our epistle written in our hearts. But secondly, you are an epistle of Christ ministered by us. Written not with ink, or, you know, an ink is like a physical material, natural material. He's saying you are an epistle of Christ, which means Christ letter. You, your life is actually Christ letter. And he goes on to explain ministered by us. You know, we are the ones who serve Christ. We ministered, you know, we did what he asked us to do. Written not with ink. So if a letter needs to be written with ink, right, you either write with a pen, or, you know, you type out something. So it involves some material, which, which actually makes out, okay, you can say, here's a, you know, here are these sentences. So you need a material to write on it, right? So you're written not with ink, but by the spirit of the living God, and also not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of flesh. So people would write writing tablets, they would use, you know, this maybe less something like writing slate or something to write on. And also, you know, something to write on the material being ink and paper, but he's saying by the oscrawls, which they were using at those days, but by the spirit of the living God. So this, this writing was done by the Holy Spirit. This whole writing was not by a by man, but by the, by the Holy Spirit. So he's talking about something, the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Corinthian believers in the hearts, in their hearts, the work of the Holy Spirit. He's saying, so when they look at you, you are a epistle, you know, we just need to read that epistle, how Christ has written, Christ has done some changes in your life. Christ is, you know, he's brought in some things in your life, he has taken some things out of your life. You are an epistle. So written not with ink, you know, the material, the work that he did, whatever he did in your life, what he brought into your life, what he wrote on your heart, not with ink, but by the Holy Spirit. So you're not on tablets of stone, but tablets of flesh on your heart, he wrote in your spirit, he did this work. So he's saying, we don't need letters of recommendation, you yourself are an epistle. So verse four, and we have such trust through Christ towards God, and we have such trust. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God. Again, the sufficiency, you know, he says he makes us sufficient in the previous chapter, he makes us sufficient, who is sufficient for these things, which talks about ability, competent or fitness. So here, our sufficiency, that competency, that ability to do something comes from God, our sufficiency, not that we are sufficient of ourselves, but our, or anything as being from ourselves. This is not human method, this is not human source, human ability, but our sufficiency is from Christ, that competence and ability comes from Christ, who also has made us as ministers of the new covenant, as a minister, meaning one servant, one who serves, one who does the errands of the master, one who listens and carries out the commands, instructions of the master. So he has made us competent and fit to carry out his commands and instructions, and it is of the new covenant. The covenant, the new covenant that we have because of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, he has made us ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, not of the old, not of the law, but of the spirit, for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life now. So he explains that, when he read in Romans chapter seven, we see that when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which arose by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the spirit, not in the oldness of the letter, having died to what we were held by. So the letter refers to the law and the prophets, the law. It was good. It was a righteous standard. It told us what we could do, what we could not do, and what was the standard of holiness that God expected, because he himself was that, he was that standard. He is that standard. He is holy, righteous. But the fact is that when we read the law, we saw that we were incapable or we could not keep the law. So in fact, that he, the law brought us all, covered us all as people who had sinned. He brought awareness of the fact that we are sinful, and it brought condemnation because sin condemns. So we are not serving according to the old letter, but according to the new covenant, which brings life, the spirit of the living God, who is in us, who dwells in us, he became a law unto ourselves, and it brings life, he brings life, empowering us to obey God, obey the standard of God. So he empowers us, he leads us to obedience. So saying we were made ministers of this new covenant, and that's the reason he says, for the letter kills, for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life. So it is when we read Romans, when we read Romans 6, Romans 7, and especially Romans 7 verses 5 and 6, we understand why he says the letter kills. Why does the law bring in, or why is the law the sting of sin? Sorry, why is the law which is the strength of sin? So this is the reason. So it condemns, it covers everyone as people who are sinful, and then says that we could not be delivered from the law by our own selves. We could not be delivered because we have been condemned and it says that you are sinful. But so we could not be delivered from that, but Christ delivered us. So the Spirit of God brings us to liberty. So that is why we serve in the newness, we serve in the new covenant, and we are ministers of the new covenant. So verse 7, but if the ministry of death, so here he's going to contrast between the old covenant and the new, the ministry of the law and the ministry of the spirit. So he's going to be talking about the differences between that. But if the ministry of death written and engraved on stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the spirit not be more glorious? For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect because of the glory that excels. For if what was passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious. Therefore, since we have such hope, we have used great boldness of speech, unlike Moses who had a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded for until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament because the veil is taken away in Christ. But even to this day when Moses is red, the veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless, when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror, the glory of the Lord are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory just as by the spirit of the Lord. So here in this passage is talking about the ministry of death, the old covenant, the ministry of life, the new covenant, the ministry of the spirit. And he uses certain words to describe that. Okay, so what are some of those words? It says old covenant, new covenant, ministry of death, ministry of the spirit, ministry of condemnation, ministry of righteousness, and what is passing away and what remains. So next class, we'll spend more time on this, on the second half of chapter 3, verses 7 to 18. Okay, so we'll stop here. Okay, God bless, have a great weekend. We'll catch up again next week. I'll also, there will be also some tests, online thing that you can, and I'll put it, of course, you'll get a prompt, you'll get a reminder. So there will be open book tests like before. So there'll be two tests, test one, test two, and there are two more tests coming up towards the end of the term. So yeah, so that will also be announced that we put up. Okay, fine, have a great weekend. God bless you guys. Bye-bye. Thank you.