2 Corinthians 3:5
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account any thing of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
4And such confidence have we through Christ towards God:
Cross References
Luke 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall be utterly unable to contradict or resist.
John 15:5I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do nothing.
1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God given unto me, as a skilful architect, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every one take heed how he buildeth upon it.
2 Corinthians 2:16To the one we are the odour of death unto death, to the other the odour of life unto life: and who is sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians 12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may fix its residence 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 →