## Now if...will not the service of the Spirit be even more glorious? ##

Paul uses this question to explain why the answer is easy to understand. AT: "Since...the service of the Spirit will be even more glorious." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## engraved in letters ##

"carved in letters"

## service of death...service of the Spirit ##

Paul uses the phrase "service of" to refer to the way God provided for us to get either spiritual death by the law, or eternal life by the Spirit. AT: "the way provided to get death...the way provided to get the Spirit" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])