2 Corinthians 3:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Not that we are qualified of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our qualification is from God,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

Common English Bible

⁵ It isn’t that we ourselves are qualified to claim that anything came from us. No, our qualification is from God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ It is not that we are adequate to think anything of ourselves, as if anything was from us. But our adequacy is from God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.

2 Corinthians 3:5 Cross References

Genesis 41:16

Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not I; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”

2 Chronicles 30:12

The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the officials commanded by the word of the Lord.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.

Luke 24:49

And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

John 15:5

I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

Romans 15:18

For I will not be so bold as to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the gentiles, by word and deed,

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Let each builder choose with care how to build on it.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

2 Corinthians 12:9

but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one group a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is qualified for these things?

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

2 Timothy 2:2

and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.

James 1:17

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.