2 Corinthians 3:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.”
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“Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;”
King James Version · Public Domain“not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency <FI>is<Fi> of God,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 3:5 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:10“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- Jeremiah 1:6“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
- Matthew 10:19But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
- Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- Luke 24:49And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
- John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
- 2 Corinthians 4:7Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
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