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2 Corinthians 3:4-6
New English Translation

4 Now we have such confidence in God through Christ. 5 Not that we are adequate[a] in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy[b] is from God, 6 who made us adequate[c] to be servants of a new covenant[d] not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:5 tn Or “competent.”
  2. 2 Corinthians 3:5 tn Or “competence.”
  3. 2 Corinthians 3:6 tn Or “competent.”
  4. 2 Corinthians 3:6 sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.
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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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