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



Ver. 9. Exceed in glory] A throne was set in heaven, Rev_4:2; not in the mount, as Exo_25:9. The pattern of our Church is showed in the heavens themselves, because of that more abundant glory of the gospel above the law. And therefore also John describeth the city far greater and larger than Ezekiel, Rev_21:16; because Ezekiel was a minister of the law, John of the gospel. (Brightman in loc.)