2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our efficiency is from God:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
4And such confidence have we in the Messiah towards God.
Cross References
Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your enemies will be unable to withstand.
John 15:5I am the vine, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he yieldeth much fruit; for without me, ye can do nothing.
1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God which was given me, I laid the foundation like a wise architect; and another buildeth on it. But let each one see, how he buildeth on it.
2 Corinthians 2:16to these, an odor of death unto death; and to those, an odor of life unto life. And who is adequate to these things!
2 Corinthians 12:9And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of the Messiah may rest 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 →