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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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We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.

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