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, ⁶who 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

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Paul’s Competence

⁴We have this kind of confidence toward God through Christ. ⁵It is not that we are competent in^[a] ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.^(A) ⁶He 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 produces life.