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2 Corinthians 3:5

HumilityStrength and help in weakness

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 God-ward:

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

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BSB
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
KJV
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
WEB
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
ASV
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
DARBY
not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] of God;
BLB
Not that we are sufficient from ourselves to reckon anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] of God,
ÅB
ikke at vi av oss selv duer til å uttenke noe som av oss selv, men vår duelighet er av Gud,
OTB
Ikke at vi er tilstrekkelige i oss selv til å hevde noe som kommer fra oss, men vår tilstrekkelighet er fra Gud,
B1930
ikke at vi av oss selv duer til å uttenke noget som av oss selv, men vår duelighet er av Gud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 12:9

    And 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 rest upon me.

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  • Philippians 4:13

    I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:10

    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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  • Philippians 2:13

    For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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  • John 15:5

    I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

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  • James 1:17

    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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  • Matthew 10:19–20

    But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:6

    I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

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