2 Corinthians 3:5
not that we are able, of ourselves, to devise anything, as from ourselves; but our ability is from God,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
4Now, confidence such as this we have, through the Christ, toward God;
Cross References
Luke 21:15for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom, which all your opposers shall not be able to gainsay or withstand.
John 15:5I am the vine, you are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.
1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise master-builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on this. But let every one take heed how he builds on this.
2 Corinthians 2:16to the one, we are the odor of death ending in death; to the other, the odor of life ending in life: and who is sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians 12:9and he said to me: My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may abide upon 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 →