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2 Corinthians 3:5

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

In Context

4And we have such confidence toward God through Christ,

6who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a spirit, for the document kills but the spirit makes alive.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 1:6Then I said, Ah, lord LORD! Behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.

Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all those who oppose you will not be able to contradict or to resist.

John 15:5I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.

1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation and another man is building on it. But let each man take heed how he is building on it.

2 Corinthians 2:16to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

2 Corinthians 12:9And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 3:2-6

Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to… Read the whole commentary →

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