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2 Corinthians 3:5

Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

Bible in Basic English

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 this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ:

6Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 1:6Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

Luke 21:15For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

John 15:5I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

1 Corinthians 3:10In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

2 Corinthians 2:16To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?

2 Corinthians 12:9And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on 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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