2 Corinthians 3:5

not that we can of ourselves reckon upon any thing as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 confidence have we through Christ towards God:

6Who hath also fitted us to be ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

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Cross References

Luke 21:15which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor withstand.

John 15:5I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, beareth much fruit: but without me ye can do nothing.

1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise architect I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon: but let every one see to it how he buildeth thereon.

2 Corinthians 2:16to these indeed we are an odor of death to death; to those an odor 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 power is manifested in thy weakness." With the greatest pleasure therefore will I glory in my infirmities, 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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