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2 Corinthians 3:5

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] of God,

Young's Literal Translation

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 trust we have through the Christ toward God,

6who also made us sufficient [to be] ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 1:6And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known — to speak, for I [am] a youth.'

Luke 21:15for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

John 15:5'I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on [it],

2 Corinthians 2:16to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

2 Corinthians 12:9and He said to me, 'Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on 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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