2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:6And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.
Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay.
John 15:5dummy verses inserted by amos
1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
2 Corinthians 2:16To the one indeed the odour of death unto death: but to the others the odour of life unto life. And for these things who is so sufficient?
2 Corinthians 12:9And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell 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 →