You show that you are Christ’s letter,(A) delivered[a] by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God(B)—not on tablets of stone(C) but on tablets of human hearts.[b](D)

Paul’s Competence

Such is the confidence we have through Christ before God. It is not that we are competent in[c] ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3 Lit ministered to
  2. 3:3 Lit fleshly hearts
  3. 3:5 Lit from

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