2 Corinthians 3:5
2 Corinthians 3:4-6 The Message (MSG)
We couldn’t be more sure of ourselves in this—that you, written by Christ himself for God, are our letter of recommendation. We wouldn’t think of writing this kind of letter about ourselves. Only God can write such a letter. His letter authorizes us to help carry out this new plan of action. The plan wasn’t written out with ink on paper, with pages and pages of legal footnotes, killing your spirit. It’s written with Spirit on spirit, his life on our lives!
2 Corinthians 3:5 King James Version (KJV)
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God
2 Corinthians 3:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God
2 Corinthians 3:5 New Century Version (NCV)
We are not saying that we can do this work ourselves. It is God who makes us able to do all that we do.
2 Corinthians 3:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God
2 Corinthians 3:5 New International Version (NIV)
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.
2 Corinthians 3:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God
2 Corinthians 3:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Not that we are sufficiently qualified in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency and qualifications come from God.
2 Corinthians 3:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.