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2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

Revised King James New Testament

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 such is the trust we have through Christ before God.

6Who has also made us able ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.

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Cross References

Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist or refute.

John 15:5I am the vine, you are the branches: He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.

1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon it. But let every man take heed how he builds upon it.

2 Corinthians 2:16To the one we are the aroma of death to death; and to the other the aroma of life to life. And who is equal to such a calling?

2 Corinthians 12:9And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, most gladly will I boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ 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 →

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