Oh I understand the context. The legalistic law could be faultlessly obeyed, so that law was not the letter that kills. That only leaves the moral law doesn't it. The law written on stoneYou are not looking at the context.
Right after the verse that says that the letter kills, it references the Law of Moses (as a whole) by the fact that it's laws initially came into being with it's laws etched in tablets of stone.
6 "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.
"7 "But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:"
(2 Corinthians 3:7) (KJV).
"The Law of Moses brought only the promise of death, even though it was carved on stones and given in a wonderful way. Still the Law made Moses' face shine so brightly the people of Israel could not look at it, even though it was a fading glory. " (2 Corinthians 3:7) (CEV).
"The old way, with laws etched in stone, led to death, though it began with such glory that the people of Israel could not bear to look at Moses' face. For his face shone with the glory of God, even though the brightness was already fading away." (2 Corinthians 3:7) (NLT).
"Now if the dispensation of death engraved in letters on stone [the ministration of the Law], was inaugurated with such glory and splendor that the Israelites were not able to look steadily at the face of Moses because of its brilliance, [a glory] that was to fade and pass away," (2 Corinthians 3:7) (AMPC).
"Yet that old system of law that led to death began with such glory that people could not bear to look at Moses’ face. For as he gave them God’s law to obey, his face shone out with the very glory of God—though the brightness was already fading away." (2 Corinthians 3:7) (TLB).
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