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And such (A)confidence we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but (B)our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as (C)ministers of a (D)new covenant, not of (E)the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but (F)the Spirit gives life.

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This is the confidence that we have through Christ in the presence of God. It isn’t that we ourselves are qualified to claim that anything came from us. No, our qualification is from God. He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not based on what is written but on the Spirit, because what is written kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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