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2 Corinthians 3:5-6 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 3 · verses 5–6
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.2 Corinthians 3:5-6 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 3:5-6 in context
3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 12:9
- Philippians 4:13
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
- Philippians 2:13
- John 15:5
- James 1:17
- Matthew 10:19-20
- John 6:63
- Romans 7:6
- Jeremiah 31:31
- Romans 8:2
- Hebrews 8:6-10
Key words (Strong's)
- sufficienthikanossufficient, many enough, enough, sufficient in abilityG2425 →
- ourselvesheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- ministersdiakonosone who executes the commands of another, esp. of a master, a servant, attendant…G1249 →
- testamentdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
- killethapokteinōto kill in any way whatever, to destroy, to allow to perish, metaph. to extinguish…G615 →
- lettergrammaa letter, any writing, a document or record, a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written…G1121 →
- spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- thinklogizomaito reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over, to take into account, to make an…G3049 →
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In these verses, I. The apostle makes an apology for seeming to commend himself. He thought it convenient to protest his sincerity to them, because there were some at Corinth who endeavoured to blast his reputation; yet he was not desirous of vain-glory. And he tells them, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5