2 Corinthians 3:5
“Not that wee are sufficient of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues: but our sufficiencie is of God:”
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2 Corinthians 3:5 Context
3Forasmuch as yee are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministred by vs, written not with inke, but with the spirit of the liuing God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 4And such trust haue wee through Christ to Godward: 5Not that wee are sufficient of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues: but our sufficiencie is of God: 6Who also hath made vs able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giueth life. 7But if the ministration of death written, and ingrauen in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly beholde the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which glorie was to be done away:
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Other Translations for 2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God;
- King James Version
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as {coming} from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;
- Basic English Bible
not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] of God;
- Darby Bible
Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
- Webster's Bible
not that of ourselves we are competent to decide anything by our own reasonings, but our competency comes from God.
- Weymouth Bible
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
- World English Bible
not that we ben sufficient to thenke ony thing of vs, as of vs, but oure sufficience is of God.
- Wycliffe Bible
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] of God,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 3:5
3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves - So much as to think one good thought; much less, to convert sinners.
People's Bible Notes for 2 Corinthians 3:5
2Co 3:5 Not that we are sufficient by ourselves. He would claim no credit for the work at Corinth, as though it was his own, for all his strength was of God.