The Apostle Paul
2 Corinthians 3:9ESV·traditional attribution

For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here the apostle makes a comparison between the Old Testament and the New, the law of Moses and the gospel of Jesus Christ, and values himself and his fellow-labourers by this, that they were able ministers of the New Testament, that God had made them so, Co2 3:6. This he does in answer to the accusations of false teachers, who magnify greatly the law of Moses. I.

Commenting on 2 Corinthians 3:6-11

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

For even that which was made glorious,.... The apostle grants that there was a glory in the law: it "was made glorious"; it was glorious in the author of it, who is God; it was of his appointing and ordaining, agreeable to his nature, and a declaration of his will; his authority was stamped upon it, and it was written by himself, which cannot be...

Albert Barnes Presbyterian @notesbybarnes

Verse 9. For if the ministration of condemnation. Of Moses, in giving the law, the effect of which is to produce condemnation. Law condemns the guilty; it does not save them. It denounces punishment; it contains no provisions of pardon.