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2 Corinthians 3:5–6 · BSB
3:5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
3:6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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…But Paul says the Corinthians themselves were his letter of recommendation. Why? Because his competence didn't come from himself. It came from God.2 Corinthians 3:4-6Such confidence we have through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence…
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…we understand of God not only drives us to our obedience, but sustains us and keeps us. And as we abide in Christ and understand what Paul said in2 Corinthians 3, verses 5 through 6, that we are not sufficient in ourselves to claim anything that's coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be…
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…are coming after an exhortation on divine order in the church. Because that's what the world reads. They read us. They read our life. Okay. So2 Corinthians 3 verses 1 through 6has a very explicit teaching on this. And Paul says in that, he says, are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do,…
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