2 Corinthians 3:4-6
English Standard Version
4 (A)Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 (B)Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but (C)our sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us sufficient to be (D)ministers of (E)a new covenant, not of (F)the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but (G)the Spirit gives life.
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2 Corinthians 3:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
Paul’s Competence
4 Such is the confidence we have through Christ before God. 5 It is not that we are competent in[a] ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.(A) 6 He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant,(B) not of the letter,(C) but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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