2 Corinthians 3:7-11 But if the religion of death, carved in letters of stone, was ushered in with such splendor, so that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face on account of the brightness that was fading from it,

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ But if the religion of death, carved in letters of stone, was ushered in with such splendor, so that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face on account of the brightness that was fading from it, ⁸ why should not the religion of the Spirit be attended with much greater splendor? ⁹ If there was splendor in the religion of condemnation, the religion of uprightness must far surpass it in splendor. ¹⁰ For in comparison with its surpassing splendor, what was splendid has come to have no splendor at all. ¹¹ For if what faded away came with splendor, how much more splendid what is permanent must be!