2 Corinthians 3:4-6
New Living Translation
4 We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. 5 It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. 6 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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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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- 2 Corinthians 3:5 tn Or “competent.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:5 tn Or “competence.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 tn Or “competent.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:6 sn This new covenant is promised in Jer 31:31-34; 32:40.
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