2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
4And such confidence have we through Christ, toward God.
Cross References
Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or withstand.
John 15:5I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, the same bears much fruit; because without me ye can do nothing.
1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master-builder I laid a foundation, and another builds thereon. But let each one take heed how he builds thereon.
2 Corinthians 2:16to the one a savor of death unto death, to the other a savor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians 12:9And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of 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 →